1980.1: Macehead in the Form of a Lion
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1980.1
- Title
- Macehead in the Form of a Lion
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 3200 BCE-2900 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia
- Period
- Early Dynastic III period
- Culture
- Sumerian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288868
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.5 x 4.2 x 6.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
- Accession Year
- 1980
- Object Number
- 1980.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Sumerian white stone macehead in the form of an animal head, from the Jemdet Nasr period, 3rd millennium B.C.
Egg shaped white stone with 1.34cm vertical hole through the centre. One end of the stone is crudely carved with the mouth, nose and eyes of a lion. There is a very slight indentation under the chin and a delineating line between face and back of head.
Verification Level
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