Category:Ivory plaque-AO 11497

**Plaque fragment: winged sphinx with a sheep head**
	Ivory plaque at Louvre Museum (inventory ID AO 11497)
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Instance of	plaque; archaeological artifact;
Made from material	ivory;
Location	Room 230, Richelieu Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Location of discovery	Arslan Tash;
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 11497 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	8th century BC;
Length	9 cm;
Height	13 cm;
Authority file
	Q112210740; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010136222
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Ivory plaque-AO 11497

Title

Plaque fragment: winged sphinx with a sheep head

Object type

Date

8^th century BC

Medium

Dimensions

length: 9 cm (3.5 in)

; height: 13 cm (5.1 in)

; thickness: 1.2 cm (0.4 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Mésopotamie, room 6: Mésopotamie - Syrie du Nord. Assyrie : Til Barsip, Arslan Tash, Nimrud, Ninive. Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

Place of discovery

Object history

1929: excavated by François Thureau-Dangin.

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 28534

Authority file

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