Openwork plaque with a striding sphinx, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 3 7/16 x W. 4 1/16 x Th. 13/16 in. (8.8 x 10.3 x 2.1 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, Sphinxes, creatures that combine a lion’s body, often winged, with a human head, appear frequently on the ivory plaques from Nimrud. Because this sphinx combines Egyptian elements typically found on Phoenician style ivories, such as the wig and solar-disc headdress, with the arresting frontal gaze characteristic of North Syrian ivories, it has been classified as South Syrian, a style that occupies an intermediate position between the two
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Openwork plaque, striding sphinx, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, H, 3 7/16 x W, 4 1/16 Th, 13/16, 8.8 10.3 2.1 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, Sphinxes, creatures, combine, lion, body, winged, human head, frequently, ivory plaques, sphinx combines Egyptian, elements, typically, Phoenician style, ivories, wig, solar-disc headdress, arresting frontal, gaze, characteristic, North Syrian, classified, South, style, occupies, intermediate position, two
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