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bibliography and image source: Herrmann, Georgina: Ivories from Room SW 37 Fort Shalmaneser. Ivories from Nimrud IV. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, no. 909.

• museum number: IM65323

• excavation number: ND10424

• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)

• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 4.6, width: 6.9

• material: ivory

• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)

• description:
Winged, human-headed sphinx lying down facing left, with head turned to the front, hair ends in curls on the forehead, chest and lower wing marked with a crisscross design; reverse side has a pegged dowel hole on the left and two smaller ones on the right.

• status: unknown

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