2002.336: Amulet of a Lion
Amulets
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.336
- Title
- Amulet of a Lion
- Classification
- Amulets
- Work Type
- amulet
- Date
- 3200-2900 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Jemdet Nasr (Mesopotamia)
- Period
- Jemdet Nasr period
- Culture
- Sumerian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/117308
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ivory
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Length: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carol Hebb and Alan Feldbaum
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.336
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Ivory amulet in the shape of a lion from Jemdet Nasr, a city in Southern Mesopotamia and typesite for the period 3200-2900 B.C. The amulet is carved in the form of a recumbent lion with key features, including paws and legs, eye, ears, nose and tail, carefully depicted. Surface shows faint traces of red pigment. A circular hole has been drilled through the neck of the lion, just above the front paw. The hole was probably intended for a cord to pass through, so that the amulet may be worn.
Verification Level
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