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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Lion Protome
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Lion Protome

AAT Object Form/Functionsculpture (visual works)
AAT Object Form/Functionprotomai
CultureNeo-Hittite
PeriodIron Age
Dateearly 1st Millennium BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of Anne Cox Chambers
Dimensions8 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 10 in. (21.6 x 31.1 x 25.4 cm)
Object number2009.021.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, May 15, 2013 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Josef Mueller (1887-1977), Solothurn, Switzerland, from before 1940. Ex Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by MCCM from Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art