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Ornament with the Heads of Roaring Lions in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2008

Ornament with the Heads of Roaring Lions in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2008
Ornament with Heads of Roaring Lions, Possibly the Terminal of a Sword or Dagger Hilt
Limestone, inlaid with lapis lazuli and faience
Mesopotamia, excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Citadel, Ziggurat Terrace
Neo-Assyrian period, 8th century BC

Expedition of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

Accession # 54.117.20

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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