Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figure, ca. 18th century

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Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figure, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century , Anatolia, probably from Acemhöyük, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippopotamus), gold foil, 3 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This figure belongs to a group of carved ivories, mostly furniture elements, probably found at the site of a palace at Acemhöyük in central Anatolia. Most of the ivories depict imagery borrowed and transformed from Egyptian sources, such as the hybrid creature shown here who combines human and lion features

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Size: 4130px × 4342px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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