object type: head broken from a statue
<p>- description: colossal lion head, traces of colouring preserved. Lions like this were erected in the eastern Nile delta to deter enemies and other evil - production place: Egypt - period / date: New Kingdom, early 18. dynasty, ca. 1450 BC - material: limestone, painted - height: 68 cm - findspot: Tell el-Dab´a - museum / inventory number: München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst ÄS 5348
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