Steatite scaraboid seal
Unknown Artist
Lion attacking man. The man's head is inside the jaws of the animal.
Credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942
Early 7th century B.C.
Steatite
2.5 x 2.5cm
42.11.5
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection