Ornament with heads of roaring lions, possibly the terminal of a sword or dagger hilt

c. 800–700 BC · Assyria

Ornament with heads of roaring lions, possibly the terminal of a sword or dagger hilt, from Assyria, dated c. 800–700 BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 800–700 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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