Game Piece

Object Number:	E11520
Current Location:	Currently On Display
Provenience:	Egypt Abydos
Locus:	Temple
Period:	Egyptian Early Dynastic First Dynasty
Date Made:	3000 - 2800 BC
Early Date:	-3001
Late Date:	-2799
Section:	Egyptian
Materials:	Ivory
Height:	3.17 cm
Length:	6.35 cm
Width:	2.54 cm
Credit Line:	Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1903
Other Number:	AES3503 - Other Number

Description

Lion couchant. Left half of head missing.

Bibliography:

[Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 159/7.18a