Winged Griffin Nibbling on Sacred Tree
This Phoenician-style ivory plaque shows a griffin (a creature with a lion's body, falcon's head, and wings) nibbling on a sacred tree. The griffin rests one forepaw on a papyrus blossom and the other on a branch of the tree. The sacred tree may be associated with agricultural...
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10770
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British School of Archaeology, Iraq, by excavation [at Fort Shalmanesat, Room S.W. 37, at Nimrud, Excavation No. N.D. 10650]; Walters Art Museum, September 1983, by exchange.
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CC0
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en
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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.1171_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.1171_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.1171_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.1171 |
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