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Sphinxes are among the most ubiquitous images on Iron Age Levantine ivories. The sphinx combines the features of several animals; it has the head of a human, the wings of an eagle, and the body of a…
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Samaria, Land of Israel
(Samaria, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Silver signet ring with image of galloping griffin, a hybrid creature that consists of feline body and legs, avian head and wings, and serpentine tail. Found in a burial cave in the Ketef Hinnom…
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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE