Openwork plaque with a striding sphinx, ca. 9th–8th century

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Openwork plaque with a striding sphinx, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 3 7/16 x W. 4 1/16 x Th. 13/16 in. ( x x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, Sphinxes, creatures that combine a lion’s body, often winged, with a human head, appear frequently on the ivory plaques from Nimrud. Because this sphinx combines Egyptian elements typically found on Phoenician style ivories, such as the wig and solar-disc headdress, with the arresting frontal gaze characteristic of North Syrian ivories, it has been classified as South Syrian, a style that occupies an intermediate position between the two

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Size: 4631px × 4339px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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