Document 34 CDF art. 168-1, Contribution to Enkomi I, Text, Preliminary Report on the Cyprus Department of Antiquities excavations at Enkomi, The Bronze Statue of a Horned God, annotated and commented by Schaeffer, scan 320 (1949)

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tired of the pursuit, falls to the ground. The lion is represented in the attitude of assault ready to pounce on the prey. The scene shows the moment before the climax, not the actual bringing down of the prey, as appears for example on the gold bowl from Ras-Shamra(1) or the gold plated dagger-hilt from Zeter Papoura (2). The bodies of both animals are scored with incised strokes and anatomical details are shown with engraved lines. The mane of the lion is outlined but has no additional indication of the long hair. The eyes are lozenge-shaped and the upper jaw of the lion is rendered by oblique strokes. The horns of the antelope are rather short, probably owing to lack of space. The tree on the right of the group of the lower plaque is complete: it is linear in style and has a vertical stem and asymmetrical branches scored with engraved

Handwritten: illegible

(1). Schaeffer, Ugaritica, p. 37; Fig. 26 [handwritten: illegible] (2). Ibid, Fig. 27 and A. Evans, P. of M. IV, Fig. 854. For other comparable scenes see p. 528 ff. of the latter work. Cf. also the lion grappling with a griffin on the ivory plaque from the Artemision of Delos, BCH, 1947-8, Pl. XXIX.

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