Title: Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figure
Object type: Relief
Date: ca. 18th century BCE
Culture: Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Period: Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Medium: Ivory (hippopotamus), gold foil
Dimensions: 2 1/2 in. × 2 in. × 3/8 in. (6.4 × 5.1 × 1 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. George D. Pratt, in memory of George D. Pratt, 1936
Geography:      Anatolia probably from Acemhöyük    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions