Title: Openwork furniture plaque with sphinx striding through a floral landscape
Object type: Relief
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 8.74 x 4.53 x 0.75 in. (22.2 x 11.51 x 1.91 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Sphinx