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Source Description
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 abundance and nourishment. This plaque would have adorned the outside of a box.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
10770
label
Winged Griffin Nibbling on Sacred Tree
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10770
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Winged Griffin Nibbling on Sacred Tree
description
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 abundance and nourishment. This plaque would have adorned the outside of a box.
provenance
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.
date
8th-7th century BCE (Neo-Assyrian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.5
height
6.1
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/16 x W: 2 3/8 x D: 3/8 in. (5.5 x 6.1 x 1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Assyrian
med
ivory
creator_ids
15540
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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0b9d0f520b3b1cf4