furniture-fitting

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: 1877,1218.8
Description: Copper alloy lion's foot, probably fitted onto the legs of a table or bed. The knuckles and claws would have been inlaid and so would the decoration on the front. This consists of two Anatolian sun symbols above an Urartian version of the Egyptian winged sun-disc; repaired with other pieces of same Big Number.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 8thC BC (late)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Toprakkale
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 20.32 centimetres; Width: 8.89 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Barnett 1954a / The Excavations of the British Museum at Toprak Kale near Van - Addenda (p.7); Hughes et al 1981 / Analyses of some Urartian bronzes (no.4) (cites incorrect big number)
Location: On display (G54/dc6/sA)
Subjects: mammal; sun/moon
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1877,1218.8
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: .91207
Conservation

Free entry