Lion Head
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Caption
Graeco-Egyptian. Lion Head, 4th–3rd century B.C.E.. Bronze, 2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. (6.9 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.259. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Culture
Title
Lion Head
Date
4th–3rd century B.C.E.
Period
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Tell el Muqdam (Leontopolis), Egypt
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. (6.9 x 5.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Accession Number
16.259
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