Object Image

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 2.5 cm

42.11.5

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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