Pyxis fragment with a winged, human-headed lion
Object type: Pyxis
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Iran
Period: Iron Age III
Date: ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 3/16 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 0.4 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Vessels
Geography:      Iran said to be from Ziwiye
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951
Tags: Lions