statue

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Object Type
Museum number: 1859,1226.24
Title: Object: The Lion of Knidos
Description: Colossal marble statue of a recumbent lion; carved with inlaid eyes originally probably of glass, but now missing.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC BC
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Knidos, Lion Tomb
Materials: marble; glass (eyes)
Technique: carved; inlaid (eyes)
Dimensions: Height: 1.82 metres; Length: 2.89 metres
Bibliographic references: Sculpture / Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum (1350); Jenkins 2007a / The Lion of Knidos
Location: On display (Great Court)
Subjects
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1859
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1859,1226.24
Conservation

Free entry