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Object

Head of a lion-AO 207 B

Artist

Unknown artist

Title

Lion head

Object type

sculpture

Description

Pellet-sized head of a stylicised lion, with a circular hole between the mouth and nose.

Date

circa 2500 BC

Medium

seashell

Dimensions

height: 1.5 cm (0.5 in)

; width: 1.4 cm (0.5 in)

; thickness: 1.5 cm (0.5 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Mésopotamie, room 1a: La Mésopotamie du Néolithique à l'époque des Dynasties archaïques de Sumer. Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

AO 207B

Place of discovery

Girsu

Object history

1881: discovered (Girsu)

Credit line

1932: discovered by Parrot (Tello (Girsu))

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 12235

Authority file

: Q65088541
Louvre: 010145431

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Date

Taken on 3 October 2014, 12:31 (according to Exif data)

Source

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Author

Rama

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