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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a winged, falcon-headed sphinx

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Ivory, Neo-Assyrian, Assyrian
Ancient West Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1967
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Title: Furniture plaque carved in relief with a winged, falcon-headed sphinx
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Ivory, Neo-Assyrian, Assyrian.

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