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Head and foreleg of a snarling lion

Unknown Artist

ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Head and foreleg of a snarling lion by Unknown Artist

Medium

Ivory

Dimensions

3.9 x 2.72 x 1.06 in. (9.91 x 6.91 x 2.69 cm)

Classification

Ivory/Bone-Sculpture

Culture & Period

Assyrian · Neo-Assyrian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1954

Accession Number

54.117.6

Tags

Lions

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