Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene

Unknown Artist

ca. 10th−9th century BCE

Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene by Unknown Artist

Medium

Basalt

Dimensions

22 1/16 × 27 3/16 × 8 7/16 in., 434 lb. (56 × 69 × 21.5 cm)

Classification

Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed

Culture & Period

Hittite · Neo-Hittite

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1943

Accession Number

43.135.2

Tags

MenLionsBirdsHuntingHorsesChariots

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