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Furniture plaque carved in relief with two falcon-headed sphinxes trampling captives

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Ivory, Neo-Assyrian, Assyrian
Rights: Public Domain
Ancient West Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1961
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Title: Furniture plaque carved in relief with two falcon-headed sphinxes trampling captives
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Ivory, Neo-Assyrian, Assyrian.

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