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Relief of a walking lion

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This high relief features a lion, striding to the right. The piece is framed at the top and both sides with a small border and at the bottom with a broad ledge. Only the head and right front paw are executed in some detail; the body is rendered quite superficially. The relief may have been left unfinished. Probably, the lion represents the god Miysis, corroborated by the provenance (Tell el-Moqdam/Leontopolis).
The relief is either a sculptor's model or a votive offering.

Present location

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number

APM 7792

Dating

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site

TELL EL-MUQDAM

Category

RELIEF

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HIGH RELIEF

Height

15.5 cm

Width

25 cm

Depth

2.7 cm

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