figure
- Museum number
- 118951
- Description
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Griffin-headed demon of white ivory, with hands raised, perhaps to support a throne.
- Production date
- 8thC BC-7thC BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres
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Weight: 80 grammes
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Width: 6 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G54/dc6/sC)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2020 20 Feb-25 Oct, CaixaForum Zaragoza, An Age of Luxury
2019-2020 18 Sep-12 Jan, CaixaForum Madrid, An Age of Luxury
2019 4 Apr-11 Aug, CaixaForum Barcelona, An Age of Luxury
2018 9 May-3 Sep, Hong Kong History Museum, An Age of Luxury
2014 - 2015 22 Sep - 5 Jan, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age'
1982 8 Oct-1983 30 Jan, Belgium, Ghent, St Peter’s Abbey, Urartu: een vergeten cultuur uit het bergland Armenië
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 118951
- Registration number
- 1880,1216.42
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: W.14 (catalogue number)