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Ivory Plaque with the Hindquarters of a Sphinx in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Ivory Plaque with the Hindquarters of a Sphinx in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Plaque with hindquarters of a sphinx

Period: Neo-Assyrian

Date: 9th-8th Century BC

Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Medium: Ivory

Dimensions: 8.74 x 4.53 x 0.75 in. (22.2 x 11.51 x 1.91 cm)

Classification: Ivory/Bone-Relief

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1964

Accession Number: 64.37.2

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