Title: Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure slaying a griffin
Object type: Relief
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 4 1/8 x W. 4 11/16 x D. 7/16 in. (10.5 x 11.9 x 1.1 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1961
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Griffins