Nimrud ivory: two sphinxes flanking a cartouche

9th–8th century BC · Assyria

Nimrud ivory: two sphinxes flanking a cartouche, from Assyria, dated 9th–8th century BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

9th–8th century BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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