Head and foreleg of a snarling lion
Object type: Sculpture
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 3.9 x 2.72 x 1.06 in. (9.91 x 6.91 x 2.69 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Sculpture
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1954
Accession year: 1954
Tags: Lions