Fragment of openwork ivory panel carved with a winged and skirted human-headed sphinx

Details

• Title

  Fragment of openwork ivory panel carved with a winged and skirted human-headed sphinx

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Nineveh Governorate › Nimrud (place of excavation)

• Date

  880 BC - 710 BC

• Material and technique

  ivory

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › ornament › inlay

• Dimensions

  6.5 cm (width)
  4.7 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1960.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 19 | Ancient Near East

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1960.1217

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