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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. 253.

• museum number: IM65247

• excavation number: ND9359

• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)

• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 10.2; width: at top 3.1; width (at base): 4.6; thickness: 0.5

• material: ivory

• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)

• description:
Upper field: winged, human-headed sphinx facing right, wearing a sun disc crown over a headcloth', below it floral design; lower field: winged male, falcon-headed, facing right, wearing an ankle-length garment, holding flowers.

• status: unknown

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