id:			144137
accession number:	1968.46
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.46
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:21.887000

Decorative Plaque: Winged Sphinx, 900–800 BCE. Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud. Ivory; overall: 16.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm (6 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.46

title:				Decorative Plaque: Winged Sphinx
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creation date:			900–800 BCE
creation date earliest:		-900
creation date latest:		-800
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud
technique:	ivory
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 16.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm (6 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Atikot: 5,000 Years of Civilization in Israel. </em>The Temple Museum of Religious Art, Cleveland, OH (May-September 1, 1969).', 'opening_date': '1969-09-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	British School of Archaeology in Iraq
	date: 1951-1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1968." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 56, no. 1 (1969).
	page number: 	p. 5
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152250

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IMAGES

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