 IAA Number: 2011-1327
 | 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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