Lion
Also called lions, lioness
- Objects
- 93
In the Compendium
Lions, Sphinxes and Griffins › Lion
Lions, sphinxes and griffins, a borrowed Near Eastern repertoire used in Cyprus on seals, gold, pottery, metal bowls and limestone sculpture.
Across the catalogue
Object types
Decoration techniques
Materials
Periods
Findspots
Collections
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art57
- The British Museum Collection27
- National Museum Liverpool3
- Royal Ontario Museum3
- Pierides Museum, Larnaca2
- Cyprus Museum, Nicosia1
Objects
1–48 of 93
Banded Frog Stamp-seal
Archaic II
Bronze jug
Archaic II
Bronze lion paw
Archaic I
Bronze lion paw
Archaic I
Calcite Bull and Lion Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Chariot Part
Geometric
Chlorite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Chlorite Lion Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Chlorite Lion Seal
Late Bronze Age III
Chlorite Lion Stamp Seal
Late Bronze Age III
Chloritite Bull Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Chloritite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Copper Sulphide Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Decorated Shield Boss
Archaic I
Earring, spiral with gold lion head
Classical
Earring, spiral with lion's head
Classical
Fragment from the neck of a terracotta amphora (jar)
Geometric III
Fragment of a large terracotta statue of a man
Archaic II
Fragment of a limestone funerary stele with a recumbent lion
Classical
Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)
Archaic II
Fragment of a limestone throne (?) with the head of a horned lion
Roman
Fragment of a silver bowl
Archaic I
Gold and copper alloy bracelet with lion-head finials
Classical
Gold and copper alloy bracelet with lion-head finials
Classical
Gold and copper alloy spiral
Classical
Gold and copper alloy spiral with lion-head terminal
Classical
Gold finial ending in a lion's head
Classical
Gold pendant in the form of a lion's head
Classical
Gold pendant in the form of a lion's head
Classical
Gold ring
Archaic II
Gold swivel ring with agate scaraboid
Archaic II
Grey Limestone Youth with Lion
Archaic II
Griffin and Lion Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age I
Haematite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Haematite Master of Animals Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Hand from a statue on a head of a lion
Classical
Hematite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age III
Ivory Lion Mirror
Late Bronze Age III
Jug
Archaic II
Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age I
Limestone altar
Classical
Limestone cornice with a lion’s head
Classical
Limestone cornice with a lion’s head
Roman
Limestone figure holding a mask
Archaic II
Limestone finial of a funerary stele
Classical
Limestone finial of a funerary stele with a recumbent lion and a banquet scene
Classical
Limestone finial of a funerary stele with a recumbent lion and a banquet scene
Classical