Recumbent Lion
Object type: Statue, Lion recumbent
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: early dynasty 4–5
Date: ca. 2575–2450 B.C.
Medium: Granite
Dimensions: L. 201 cm (79 1/8 in); w. 73 cm (28 3/4 in); h. 87 cm (34 1/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Fayum Entrance Area Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina)
Excavation: EEF excavations 1890-1891
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, in honor of Annette de la Renta; Annette de la Renta Gift; and Anne and John V. Hansen Egyptian Purchase Fund, 2000 

Accession year: 2000
Tags: Lions