Identification Number: 04TR16U00stn01

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K04.183

Classification: Stone / Sculpture

Finding Type: Sculpture in the Round

Item: Lion statue fragment from head, life-sized

Material: Sandstone: heavy and coarse-grained, grayish sandstone

Images

Photograph 05dpnk0112 by Murat Akar. Drawing by Catherine M. Draycott.

Description

One large wedge-shaped fragment from a head of a lion figure. The fragment consists of part of the front of the mane, a small part of what may be the forehead and the upper or lower half of one ear. The fragment has four main faces, one of which is worked.

Dimensions

Height: 19 cm. Width: 24.5 cm. Thickness: 17 cm. Depth of ear: 2.5 cm maximum. Depth of mane: 1.4 cm. Width of ribs in mane pattern: 1.4 cm. Estimated height of lion head: 35 – 40 cm. Estimated height of lion if standing: 70 cm – 1 m.

Context

Monumental Entrance to the Palatial Complex. Found in July 2004, on the surface of Trench TR16 at the Palace Entrance, with the worked surface facing down. Lichens on the exposed surfaces indicate that the fragment had been on the surface for a long time.

Publication

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