Lion furniture leg 4th century Late Period Made in fine, dense faience, the frontal part of a lion was made to slot onto another piece of furniture probably of wood. Furniture legs formed from the body and head of a lion conveyed an exalted status in Egyptian tradition. Here the fragile material and form indicate the piece may have adorned a low funerary bed on which the coffin or mummy of a deceased rested, or perhaps a stool intended to hold funerary items in the Lion furniture leg. 4th century Faience. Late Period. From Egypt; Possibly from Eastern Delta, Hihya

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