National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Plaque (use unknown), Inlay Decorated in Relief
Period: Iron II
Material: Ivory
Site: Hazor, T.
Lenght: 7.5 cm
Wide: 3 cm
Description: The upper field depicts a crouching winged sphinx wearing an Egyptian double crown; the lower field portrays a stylized palmette of three volutes. It may have been part of the decoration of a wooden object (furniture?)
Bibliography:
Harush O. 2012. Decorated bone, ivory, shell and stone objects. In: A. Ben-Tor, D. Ben-Ami, D. Sandhaus. Hazor VI, The 1990-2009 excavations - The Iron Age. Jerusalem, 564-567, Fig. 13.1: 2.





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