Date First half of first millennium B.C. [--Parrot.] Origin The Ancient World : The Middle East : Late Assyrian Period Description Winged Lilith wearing cylindrical headdress; border of volutes across top. Lilith was among the most important female demons. She aroused men's concupiscence without satisfying it. She was represented as a handsome woman with a tiara and wings having claws of a bird of prey for feet which rest on the shoulders of two lions. [--Encyclopedia.] Object Plaque (relief; ht. 4 5/8"). Style or School Assyrian. Material or Technique Ivory. Provenance Found at Calah (Nimrud). Image Sources from Parrot.* [JF 1480] References *Parrot, A., ...Assyria (1961), pl.330. Encyclopedia, vol.4 (1961), col.309.