Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian

Unknown Artist

ca. 1279–1213 B.C.

Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian by Unknown Artist

Medium

Egyptian blue, gold

Dimensions

h. 3 cm (1 3/16 in); l. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in); w. 3 cm ( 1 3/16 in)

Classification

Protome, whip handle, lion, Nubian

Period

New Kingdom, Ramesside

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989

Accession Number

1989.281.92

Tags

Lions

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