Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion

Unknown Artist

ca. 2200–2100 BCE

Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper alloy

Dimensions

4 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 3 5/16 in. (11.7 × 8.1 × 8.4 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed

Culture & Period

Hurrian · Early Bronze Age

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1948

Accession Number

48.180

Tags

Lions

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