Furniture Fragment

Inlay

65-3-3

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Iraq | Nimrud

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 65-3-3
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Culture Egyptian (uncertain) | Assyrian
Provenience Iraq | Nimrud
Period Assyrian
Date Made 8th century BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Iconography Horus | Sphinx
Description

Horus-Headed Sphinx

Small rectangular plaque. Seated Horus-headed sphinx in low relief. Presumably a furniture element. Complete. In excellent condition.

Credit Line Purchased from the British School of Archaeology, Iraq, 1965
Other Number ND 10313 - Field No SF

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