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Lion   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author
Title
Lion
Description
English: Representation of male lions were common in Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Roman Period. They were related to Kingship as well as to the sky. This figurine was either used as an amulet or by a priest or entitled person in a ritual. Egyptian lions such as this have usually a closed mouth different from the Near Eastern lions which are represented as if they were roaring.
Date 332 BC (Greco-Roman)
Medium Egyptian faience with green glaze
Dimensions height: 5.5 cm (2.1 in); width: 2.4 cm (0.9 in); depth: 12.4 cm (4.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.53U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,2.4U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,12.41U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
48.1538
Place of creation Egypt
Object history
  • Joseph Abemayor, until 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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