Ancient Assyrian ivory box panel depicting a griffin and sacred tree. Artist unknown; ca. 800 BCE.
Ancient Assyrian ivory box panel depicting a griffin and sacred tree. Artist unknown; ca. 800 BCE. From Nimrud (in present-day Iraq now in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. -- source link
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