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| Keywords: Levantine - Winged Griffin Nibbling on Sacred Tree - Walters 711171.jpg This Phoenician-style 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 century 8 7 BC Neo-Assyrian carved ivory cm 5 5 6 1 1 accession number 71 1171 10770 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 Museum acquisition by exchange with British School of Archaeology in Iraq 1983 place of origin Norway Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Levant art Reliefs of griffins Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
