Lion amulet

Medium:

Lapis lazuli

Location:

Probably Mesopotamia, Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 1.6 cm; W. 1.1 cm; D. 2.6 cm

Date:

Late Uruk or Jemdet Nasr Period, ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Inventory Number:

10.130.2052

Lender:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit:

Gift of Miss Helen Miller Gould, 1910