front view
- 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. 538.
- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: -
• excavation number: ND9611
• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: with tenons 14.6; height: of panel 13.2; width: 6.5; thickness: 1.8
• material: ivory
• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)
• description:
Front of winged, human-headed sphinx, facing front; wears a sun disc crown and a long wig
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