Pyxis fragment with a winged, human-headed lion
Unknown Artist
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
1 3/4 × 11/16 × 3/16 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 0.4 cm)
Classification
Ivory/Bone-Vessels
Culture & Period
Iran · Iron Age III
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.131.25
Tags
Lions