Lion Cup

ca. 9th century B.C.

Syrian

Steatite

1 7/16 x 2 1/2 in. (3.65 x 6.35 cm)

L.: 4 1/8 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

63.126

Not currently on view

Resources

Published ReferencesMuscarella, Oscar White, Unexcavated Objects and Ancient Near Eastern Art, in Buccellati, Giorgio, series ed.

Levine, Louis D. and T. Cuyler Young, Jr., volume eds. Bibliotheca Mesopotamia, Volume Seven, Mountains and Lowlands: Essays in the Archaeology of Greater Mesopotamia. Malibu: Undena Publications, 1977, footnote 97, p. 190

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