Reclining Lion

late 1st century BCE (Meroitic)

1.7 cm 1.1 cm 0.4 cm

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This reclining lion with a raised head shows the compact body shape and other stylistic features typical of Meroitic art.

Artifact

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6950
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object
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stage
normalized
provenance
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Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
language
language
en
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5
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1560

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