Title: Head and foreleg of a snarling lion
Object type: Sculpture
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 3.9 x 2.72 x 1.06 in. (9.91 x 6.91 x 2.69 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1954
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions