Ivory handle carved into the shape of a recumbent lion

Details

• Title

  Ivory handle carved into the shape of a recumbent lion

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey › Akdeniz Bölgesi (Mediterranean) Region › Hatay Province › Sueidia region › Al Mina (place of excavation)

• Date

  8th - 7th century BC (800 - 601 BC)

• Material and technique

  ivory

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  6.6 cm (length)
  2.7 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1936.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1938.274

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