Head from a Statue of a Lion
- Medium: Pegmatite
- Place Made: Egypt
- Dates: ca. 3100-2900 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: early I Dynasty
- Period: early Dynastic Period-late Naqada III Period
- Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 12 13/16 in. (24.8 x 20 x 32.5 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Pre-Dynastic, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor - Accession Number: 73.26
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 73.26_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Ancient Egyptians began to produce fairly large statues even before the beginning of Dynasty 1. Most of these statues represent animals. They may be the early forms of some later animal-headed gods, but their exact identities are not certain. This lion, for example, may have depicted a specific god or symbolized the royal might of a king. Only the animal's essential characteristics, including a small ruff, have been indicated in the very hard stone.
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