Furniture Fragment
Inlay
65-3-2
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nimrud
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 65-3-2 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nimrud |
| Period | Assyrian |
| Date Made | 799-700 BCE |
| 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. |
| Height | 10.7 cm |
| Length | 11.6 cm |
| Thickness | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the British School of Archaeology, Iraq, 1965 |
| Other Number | ND 10300 - Field No SF |
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