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37-15-92

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Khafaje

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 37-15-92
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Khafaje
Archaeology Area Mound A, Sin Temple, Q 42
Period Jemdet Nasr
Section Near Eastern
Materials Slate
Iconography Crouching Lion
Description

panther with inlaid eyes. Slate lion, carved in the round with flat planes. Limbs extended straight out to front and back. Shell inlaid in eye, one missing. Hole drilled into body lengthwise from rear.

Credit Line Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1937
Other Number KH 8-58 - Field No SF

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