Statuette
72-15-2
From: Arabian Peninsula | Marib
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 72-15-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Arabian Peninsula | Marib |
| Date Made | 1st century CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Crouching Lion |
| Description | Solid cast bronze lion crouches with head to his right and tail curled around right hunch. Mane is plain flat bib in front and four heavy horizontal scalloped ridges across back of head. Face modeled in curves with a long smile on mouth. Lock portion is a flat band with pierced two-pronged tang extending below center of lion and a flat squarish hook extending out past his rear. |
| Height | 4.7 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Depth | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Geoffrey E. Turner, 1972 |
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