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Lion Cup
Lion Cup

Lion Cup

Dateca. 9th century B.C.
Object number63.126
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
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 7/16 x 2 1/2 in. (3.65 x 6.35 cm) L.: 4 1/8 in.
MediumSteatite
Cosmetic Dish in form of Trussed bull
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
Object number: 64.25
Macehead with animal head
Costa Rican
Object number: 54.28
Whale effigy charm: "Cloud Blower"
Chumash
1200-1600
Object number: 59.55
Cup
Egyptian
1570-1085? B.C.
Object number: 61.85
Mesopotamian
4th or 3rd millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.57
Taweret
Egyptian
Object number: 44.35
Oval Seal
Egyptian
Object number: 49.104
Jar
Cycladic
ca. 3000 B.C.
Object number: 63.71
Ossuary
Roman
2nd century
Object number: 44.15
Amphora:  Animals and Bird Decoration
Roman
3rd century
Object number: 54.33
Vase
Egyptian
Object number: 44.32
Cosmetic jar
Egyptian
ca. 1550 - 1295 B.C.
Object number: 64.78