Title: Recumbent Lion
Object type: Statue, Lion recumbent
Date: ca. 2575–2450 B.C.
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: early dynasty 4–5
Medium: Granite
Dimensions: L. 201 cm (79 1/8 in); w. 73 cm (28 3/4 in); h. 87 cm (34 1/4 in)
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, in honor of Annette de la Renta; Annette de la Renta Gift; and Anne and John V. Hansen Egyptian Purchase Fund, 2000
Geography: From    Egypt Fayum Entrance Area Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina)   EEF excavations 1890-1891 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions