Steatite scaraboid seal

Steatite | 2.5 x 2.5cm | Early 7th century B.C.

Unknown Artist

Lion attacking man. The man's head is inside the jaws of the animal.

Credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942
Object: 42.11.5

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