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Furniture legs

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A pair of painted wooden legs in the form of lions. Articles of furniture such as beds were dismantled so that they would fit into the small burial chamber with other offerings. Lion legs were popular on Egyptian chairs which normally had backs but no arms and either wooden seats or seat-frames with inlaid panels. These legs probably came from a funerary bed of the Roman Period.

Present location

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number

1978.291.325

Dating

ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

LEG

Material

WOOD

Technique

TURNED

Height

50 cm

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