Furniture Fragment
Inlay
Object Number:
65-3-2
Current Location:
Canaan and Israel Gallery
Provenience:
Iraq
Nimrud
Period:
Assyrian
Date Made:
799-700 BC
Early Date:
-799
Late Date:
-700
Section:
Near Eastern
Materials:
Ivory
Iconography:
Sphinx
Description:
Winged Sphinx. Openwork with "winged apron sphinx". Human headed. Legs are part of body surface. Wing lost, as is part ofupper edge and tail.
Credit Line:
Collected by the British School of Archaeology, Iraq
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Canaan and Ancient Israel (18 Oct 1998)
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