Lion figurine
![Hand modeled clay figure of a maneless lion with an unusually long neck. The figure is grayish white and slightly abstract.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/figurine-lion/@@images/bf5fb74a-af38-4b31-9c5e-9963e65203ef.jpeg)
Lion figurine
- Medium:
- Hand-modeled and painted baked clay
- Location:
- Level IV, Shibaniba (modern Tell Billa), Iraq
- Dimensions:
- H. 8.8 cm; W. 4 cm; D. 15 cm
- Date:
- Old Assyrian Period, ca. 2000–1600 BCE
- Inventory Number:
- 31-51-394
- Lender:
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
- Credit:
- American School Oriental Research/University Museum Expedition to Tell Billa, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1931
Courtesy of Penn Museum