Recumbent lion

Unknown Artist

664–30 B.C.

Recumbent lion by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lapis lazuli; gold

Dimensions

L. 2.5 × W. 0.9 × H. 1.4 cm (1 × 3/8 × 9/16 in.)

Classification

Amulet, lion

Period

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of George and Florence Blumenthal, 1935

Accession Number

35.6.14

Tags

Lions

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