Ivory: lioness attacking a boy

9th–8th century BC · Assyria

Ivory: lioness attacking a boy, from Assyria, dated 9th–8th century BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the British Museum, London.

Date

9th–8th century BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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