Object photograph·Csn3575·1927–1931

Bronze Sculpture

Bronze openwork plaque showing two lions attacking a third animal beneath them — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3575. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bronze openwork plaque photographed against a pale background. Two maned lions, one on the left and one on the right, attack an animal lying between them with its legs splayed out. The metal is dark and worn, with incised lines on the bodies and several holes pierced through the plate.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Sculpture.