Furniture plaque: incised griffin
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 18th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 1.61 x 1.04 in. (4.09 x 2.64 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Culture: Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Period: Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Themes: Griffins
Gift of Mrs. George D. Pratt, in memory of George D. Pratt, 1936
Date range
-1800 – -1700
Largest dimension
2.6 cm
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