Such fragments of carved ivory were used in inlaying furniture like that in Fig. 100.  They were the work of Phenician craftsmen in the service of the Assyrian kings (§ 224). These workmen constantly employed Egyptian designs and symbols combined with those of Assyria. The winged animal, first found in Egyptian art, passed to the Phcenicians and Hittites in Syria and thence to Assyria, where it finally developed into the huge winged bull-figure adorning the front of the king’s palace.