Plaques with confronted sphinxes; hindquarters of a sphinx; and pharaonic figures flanking a sacred tree

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Period: Phoenician
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States Inventory #:62.269.3
Material: Ivory
Date: 8th–7th century B.C.
Inscription: Expedition of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq and The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Nimrud, 1951-1963.; Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription (?)
Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vendor Cat #: DP110690
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