Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape, ca. 9th–8th century

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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 3 1/16 x W. 2 3/8 x Th. 3/8 in. ( x x 1 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed, A griffin, a hybrid creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body and tail of a lion, faces right and extends its beak upwards to nibble on the top of a tripartite palmette tree in this fragmentary low-relief plaque

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Size: 4226px × 4686px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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