Amulet in the form of a couchant lion
Unknown Artist
ca. 2900–2700 BCE
Medium
Shell
Dimensions
7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (2.2 x 10.6 cm)
Classification
Shell-Ornaments
Period
Early Dynastic I
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Walter Hauser, 1958
Accession Number
58.30.1
Tags
Lions