Unknown Assyrian, ‘Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion’, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Neo-Assyrian; Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Unknown Assyrian
Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion, ca. 9th–8th century B.C.
Ivory
3 3/4 × 3 × 2 3/4 in; 9.5 × 7.6 × 7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York