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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Seated lions threatening animals

between 1900 B.C. and 1830 B.C.
hematite ;
Gift of Caroline M. Burns, sister of Robert F. Kelley, 1977.
KC 45
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 12.5 x 8 mm
Provenance
Acquired from dealers in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon in the thirties or forties by Robert F. Kelley
Summary
Seated lions in two registers each threatening an animal --Terminal: three human heads and three birds, one above another.
Classification
Department