Lion
Depiction of a large muscular animal with a long tail, mane, and large teeth.
This category includes mammals, usually portrayed as verylarge and muscular in the torso, with large muscular legs, a mane placed on the neck, a long tail, large ears, the muzzle is long and the teeth are large. It is usually shown snarling, with its mouth open and teeth exposed.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6406 | (none) | (none) | B16304 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400. | |
| 6169A | (none) | 1927,0527.229 | (none) | Baked clay figurine. Nude female standing on a lion. Left arm bent at elbow. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6160 | (none) | (none) | B16286, B16286 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Not fully paved. Lion attacked by two men 2 lines of defaced inscription. About BC 2100. Required for Vol. VII written. | |
 | 6109 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lion's muzzle. Drab stone. Fragment. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 401 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Head of a lion seen full-face. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2990 | (none) | 1927,1003.153 | (none) | Terracotta. Two figures, one larger than other holding one vase. Both stand upon beasts. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2865B | (none) | 1927,1003.179 | (none) | Terracotta Figurine. Nude Ishtar standing upon lion. Broken in lion, much defaced. [Drawing 1:1] | |
| 2865A | (none) | 1927,1003.164 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude Ishtar standing upon lion. Broken in two, much defaced. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 234 | (none) | (none) | B15272 | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Scratchily engraved with 2 versions of a man fighting with a rampant lion. Poor. | |
| 18787 | 35-1-111 | (none) | (none) | Lion head. Terracotta. modeled in the round. Good style. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 18776 | (none) | 1935,0112.63 | (none) | Terracotta relief, fragment of. A dog walking right, followed by its puppy. |
| 18620 | 33-35-58 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Of a lion, passing to the right with mouth open, tail over back. | |
| 17835A | 32-40-308 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing] | |
| 1777 | (none) | 1924,0920.374 | (none) | Relief. Drab clay with lion in relief, skirt of god superimposed. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17334 | 31-43-41 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. Enkidu and Eabani fighting rampant lion. | |
| 1733 | (none) | (none) | B15589 | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very scratchily engraved on one side only with design of 2 men fighting a lion. P. [drawing] | |
| 17157 | 31-43-424 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief of a man driving a lion. (A) Complete, except for back legs of lion and legs of man. : fair impression | |
| 17014 | 31-43-65 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Miniature. Gilgamesh and Eabani fighting rampant lion. | |
| 16938 | (none) | 1931,1010.426 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Back of bedstead. Horned bull-footed demon grasping a crescent-topped staff, beyond this, a gryphon(?) and a monkey(?). (A) Complete but poor cast. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16554 | 31-43-34, 31-43-34 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, steatite. Ur-Ki(?)-dur(?)-sag(?) servant of... H.C. 30/II, 10 | |
| 16546 | 31-43-36 | (none) | (none) | Steatite cylinder seal. Ur-gar(?). HC.30/II, 2. | |
| 1580 | (none) | (none) | B15704 | Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 15714 | 31-16-777 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta plaque. Lion in profile. Head missing-curling tail. | |
| 15713 | 31-16-942 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Lion in profile. Head missing -curling tail. | |
| 15478 | 31-17-20 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion. |
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