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Lion Gaming Pieces

Left hand lion from Abydos, provenance unknown for the other two.

Early Dynastic Period, c.3100-2650 BCE.

Acc. No.s: 03.4.13, 10.130.1189, 10.130.1191

Bracelet of Sithathoryunet

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Funerary Bed with Lion Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Lion Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Lion Shaped Vessel

Cosmetic Jar with Lions, Hunting Scenes and Captives

Ostracon Showing a Man Being Bitten By a Lion

Ostracon with Depiction of Lion Biting a Man's Head

Lion Gaming Pieces

Lion Cub Statue

Faience Walking Lion

Fragmentary Statue of a Lion Subduing a Foreign Captive

Fragmentary Statue of a Lion Subduing a Foreign Captive

Model of a Lion's Head

Model of a Lion's Head

Statuette of a Standing Lion

Face of a Lion Statue

Statue of a Recumbent Lion

Waterspout in the Shape of a Lion

Terracotta Figure of a Lion

Lion and Ointment Jar

Faience Lion Head from a Ritual Vessel

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