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) |
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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] | |
17014 | 31-43-65 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Miniature. Gilgamesh and Eabani fighting rampant lion. | |
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 | |
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] | |
17334 | 31-43-41 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. Enkidu and Eabani fighting rampant lion. | |
1777 | (none) | 1924,0920.374 | (none) | Relief. Drab clay with lion in relief, skirt of god superimposed. [drawing 1:1] | |
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] | |
18620 | 33-35-58 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Of a lion, passing to the right with mouth open, tail over back. | |
18776 | (none) | 1935,0112.63 | (none) | Terracotta relief, fragment of. A dog walking right, followed by its puppy. | |
18787 | 35-1-111 | (none) | (none) | Lion head. Terracotta. modeled in the round. Good style. [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. | |
2865A | (none) | 1927,1003.164 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude Ishtar standing upon lion. Broken in two, much defaced. [drawing 1:1] | |
2865B | (none) | 1927,1003.179 | (none) | Terracotta Figurine. Nude Ishtar standing upon lion. Broken in lion, much defaced. [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] | |
401 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Head of a lion seen full-face. [drawing 1:1] | |
6109 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lion's muzzle. Drab stone. Fragment. B. [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. | |
6169A | (none) | 1927,0527.229 | (none) | Baked clay figurine. Nude female standing on a lion. Left arm bent at elbow. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
6406 | (none) | (none) | B16304 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400. | |
6503 | (none) | (none) | B16260 | Terracotta fragment. Roaring lion with flowing mane. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
653 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet(?). Fragment. (lower part missing) of a seated lion(?) carved in brown pebble. [drawing] | |
7000 | (none) | (none) | B16309 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two heroes - (like Gilgamesh) 2 posts (supports for emblems) | |
7121 | (none) | (none) | B16289 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Palm branch between 2 worshippers, who hold hand upraised. Attributes: Crescent moon, Rampant Lion. 2400 BC. E. | |
7600 | (none) | (none) | B17195 | Lion. Limestone. White. Fragment. Broken away behind back of head represented as couched, head resting on forelegs tips of which are missing. Flattened base. Cavity running length-ways down the middle of the body to receive post. Existing portion broken and mended. | |
7617 | (none) | (none) | B16877 | Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC |
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