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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | 30-12-52 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-55 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-56 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-57 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 30-12-66 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-17-110 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-17-111 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.307 | (none) | (none) | |
| 234 | (none) | (none) | B15272 | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Scratchily engraved with 2 versions of a man fighting with a rampant lion. Poor. | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15273 | Unknown | |
| 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] | |
| 1227 | (none) | (none) | B15648 | Upper part of a large terracotta relief; a female-headed figure holds before its waist a kind of tray on which stand 2 small human (female)? Figures and 2 uncertain objects lie horizontally before them. Lower part of the relief missing. P. [drawing] | |
| 1580 | (none) | (none) | B15704 | Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6503 | (none) | (none) | B16260 | Terracotta fragment. Roaring lion with flowing mane. E. [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. | |
| 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. | |
| 6406 | (none) | (none) | B16304 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400. | |
| 7000 | (none) | (none) | B16309 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two heroes - (like Gilgamesh) 2 posts (supports for emblems) | |
| 10917B | (none) | (none) | B16746 | Shell Plaque, 2, belonging to U.10916 (A, B) A= Silhouetted plaque of 2 goats on either side of a plant growing on a mountain; usual heraldic type of animals rampant Photo 1066 [drawing] 1:1 B= Silhouetted plaque, a lion seizing an antelope (lions head missing). Photo 1066 1130c [drawing] | |
| 10530 | (none) | (none) | B16747 | Cylinder Seal Shell Inscribed Naked bird-headed hero with sharp upstanding hair resembling plumes pulls a rampant antelope by the horns; before the antelope a pair of rampant lions crossed and beyond the lions a rampant ram reversed-head downwards. Below the ram a scorpion. Inscription reserved on an upper register: Lugal-sa(g)-pad-da). HC 211 | |
| 8981 | (none) | (none) | B16852 | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: below: 1 man, fighting animals. Above, human figure with rampant animals on each side and inscription of NIN-TUR-NIN. | |
| 9166 | (none) | (none) | B16853 | Cylinder seal Pinkish stone Rampant beasts Poor work and rubbed Chipped at base | |
| 9183 | (none) | (none) | B16854 | Cylinder seal Lapis, with gold caps (the latter rather broken). Subject: Gilgamesh and Eabani. | |
| 9652 | (none) | (none) | B16857 | Cylinder seal Dark steatite A hero fighting a bull (or wild oryx)? and a lion and a bull fighting. | |
| 9028 | (none) | (none) | B16859 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 rampant lions crossed, on either side of them a rampant bull - also a star. |
Related Terms
Antelope/Deer - Bear - Camel - Domestic Animal - Hedgehog - Monkey