Tile Fragment

Description:

Fragmentary tile with a genie standing on two griffins in contest with two monsters

Medium:

Glazed siliceous material

Location:

Ville Royale Mound, Susa, Iran

Dimensions:

H.18 cm; W. 20.5 cm; D. 2.3 cm

Date:

Neo-Elamite Period, ca. 800–700 BCE

Inventory Number:

Sb 3352

Lender:

Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités orientales

Credit:

Fouilles R. de Mecquenem