Title: Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
Object type: Foundation peg
Date: ca. 2200–2100 BCE
Culture: Hurrian
Period: Early Bronze Age
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 4 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 3 5/16 in. (11.7 × 8.1 × 8.4 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1948
Geography:      Syria probably from Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions