Antiquity · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 570673
Lion-headed goddess
Unknown maker, 664–30 BCE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 664–30 BCE
- Medium
- Cupreous metal
- Dimensions
- H. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); W. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); D. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.) H. (with tang): 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
- Era
- Antiquity
Why it matters
Lion-headed goddess, dated 664–30 BCE, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Cupreous metal. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are H. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); W. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); D. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.) H. (with tang): 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.