Openwork furniture plaque with a striding, ram-headed sphinx, ca. 9th–8th century

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Openwork furniture plaque with a striding, ram-headed sphinx, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 3 1/16 x W. 3 1/8 x D. 5/16 in. ( x 8 x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, A ram-headed sphinx, a fantastic creature drawn from Egyptian art that combines the head of a ram with the body of a winged lion, strides through a landscape of voluted palmettes in this rectangular openwork plaque

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Size: 4268px × 4308px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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