Furniture plaque carved in relief with two falcon-headed sphinxes trampling captives, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–7th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 3 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (8.4 x 19.7 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This fragmentary, rectangular plaque is carved in low relief with two falcon-headed sphinxes, hybrid creatures that combine the body of lion with the head and wings of a falcon, trampling two fallen, bearded male figures
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Furniture plaque carved, relief, two falcon-headed sphinxes trampling captives, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–7th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 3 1/4 x 7 3/4, 8.4 19.7 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, fragmentary, rectangular plaque, carved, low relief, falcon-headed, sphinxes, hybrid creatures, combine, body, lion, head, wings, falcon, trampling two, fallen, bearded male, figures
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