Cleveland Museum of Art
Lioness
- Date
- c. 2100 BCE
- Medium
- copper alloy, lost-wax cast
- Culture
- Sumerian, Iraq
- Department
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Crouched in the stance of a hunter stalking its prey, this diminutive lioness possesses the latent power of a predator about to strike. In the ancient Near East, the ferocity and strength of lions was often associated with rulers and gods through symbolic imagery. The fierce and powerful nature of lions was often associated with rulers through symbolic imagery.
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