Lioness head
Object type: Sculpture
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 1.06 x 1.26 x 0.16 in. (2.69 x 3.2 x 0.41 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Sculpture
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Lions