Decorative Plaque: Ram-Headed Sphinxes Flanking a Sacred Tree
https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.47
This small plaque was executed in the Phoenician style with symmetrical compositions, elongated figural proportions, and Egyptian subjects and motifs. Examples have been found throughout the Middle East, but thousands come from Nimrud where most were excavated in the storeroom...
Artifact
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144148
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object
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CC0
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en
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wikidata
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"Q60757025"
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import
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accession
1968.47
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Terms
Culture
Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud
Technique
ivory
Medium
ivory
Genre
Ivory
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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