Pendant

Object Number:

37-15-92

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Iraq
Khafaje

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

Other Number:

KH 8-58

Field No SF

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Near East Study Room (1955 - 1982)

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