where to find

Storeroom

Statuette of a lion

Category:

Sculpture in the round, figurines / statuettes, animal / bird / mythical creature, lion

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Umm El-Brigat (Tebtonis/Tebtunis) (excavations of the Ifao and the University of Milan, 1998 season)

Material(s):

Rock, limestone

Height:

6.7 cm;

Length:

9.8 cm;

Width:

3.6 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References

Claudio Gallazzi and Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou, Trésors inattendus: 30 ans de fouilles et de coopération à Tebtynis (Fayoum), Bibliothèque générale 57 (Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 2019): 241, no. 161.

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