3525778 Horse blinker carved in relief with a seated sphinx, c.8th century BC (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian; 18.6 long cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: From Nimrud, Mesopotamia (ancient Kalhu) with Egyptianizing elements found in the Phoenician tradition Horse blinker with a seated sphinx wearing the Egyptian cobra, or uraeus, and sun disk on its head facing another winged uraeus. Behind the sphinx is a cartouche attached to a lotus plantinscribed with the Phoenician name, "Djunen." ).