157c: Ivory Plaque

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/17/3
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 24.6 x 18.4 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a rectangular plaque, depicting the slaying of the gorgon. The winged, snake-haired gorgon is kneeling on the right, and a man on the left is stabbing her with a sword, with one foot on her lower legs. Some sections, shown by sections that are only outlined and not shaded, are recreated and not part of the surviving object. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory plaques: 700-600 B.C."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/17], 157: Ivory plaques and ivory comb