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Furniture plaque: incised griffin
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Ivory, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mrs. George D. Pratt in memory of George D. Pratt 1936
Title: Furniture plaque: incised griffin
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Ivory, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Old Assyrian Trading Colony.
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