Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls
Dateca. 18th century BCE
MediumIvory (hippopotamus), gold foil
Dimensions4 15/16 in. × 1 5/8 in. × 2 in. (12.6 × 4.1 × 5.2 cm)
DepartmentAncient West Asian Art
CultureOld Assyrian Trading Colony
PeriodMiddle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony
CreditGift of Mrs. George D. Pratt, in memory of George D. Pratt, 1936