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Openwork furniture plaque with head of a sphinx 4.12 x 4.5 in. (10.46 x 11.43 cm)
Openwork furniture plaque with head of a sphinx 4.12 x 4.5 in. (10.46 x 11.43 cm)
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Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Title:
Openwork furniture plaque with head of a sphinx 4.12 x 4.5 in. (10.46 x 11.43 cm)
Date:
-900 - -700
ca. 9th–8th century B.C.
Type:
Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed
Type (Narrower):
Inscriptions
Type (Broader):
Text
Coverage:
Assyrian
Geographic region:
Syria
probably from Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu)
Time period:
Neo-Assyrian
Medium:
Ivory
Extent:
4.12 x 4.5 in. (10.46 x 11.43 cm)
Rights:
Public Domain
Identifier:
57.80.3
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