Title: Amulet in the form of a couchant lion
Object type: Amulet
Date: ca. 2900–2700 BCE
Period: Early Dynastic I
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (2.2 x 10.6 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Walter Hauser, 1958
Geography:      Southern Mesopotamia     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions