Ivory open work fragment depicting winged sphinx

Details

• Title

  Ivory open work fragment depicting winged sphinx

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Nineveh Governorate › Nimrud (Fort Shalmaneser SW 12) (place of excavation)

• Date

  880 BC - 710 BC

• Material and technique

  ivory, carved

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  9 cm (height)
  6.3 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1957.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1957.223

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