Amulet in the form of a couchant lion
Object type: Amulet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Period: Early Dynastic I
Date: ca. 2900–2700 BCE
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (2.2 x 10.6 cm)
Classification: Shell-Ornaments
Geography:      Southern Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Gift of Walter Hauser, 1958
Accession year: 1958
Tags: Lions