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This is a griffin-headed demon of blackened ivory. Both arms are raised (the right is lost), probably to support a throne. From Toprakkale, Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Urartian, 8th to 7th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 29). Urartian Blackened Ivory Panel. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9535/urartian-blackened-ivory-panel/
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