Amulet in the form of a couchant lion

c. 2900–2700 BC · Sumer

Amulet in the form of a couchant lion, from Sumer, dated c. 2900–2700 BC. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 2900–2700 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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