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Recumbent lion
Recumbent lion

Recumbent lion

305–30 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Object PlacePossibly Alexandria, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGold sheet and blue enamel over a quartz, gypsum, and feldspar core
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 2.5 x 2 x 5 cm (1 x 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession number62.1193
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceProbably from Alexandria. By 1958, Horace L. Mayer, Williamstown, MA; 1962, gift of Horace L. Mayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 1962)

NOTE: First lent to the MFA by Horace L. Mayer on March 24, 1958.
Ibis figurine
305–30 B.C.
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Finger ring
185–10 B.C.
Finger ring
185–10 B.C.
Finger ring
185–50 B.C.
Ram's head pendant
555–542 B.C.
Beads
743–542 B.C.
Beads
568–542 B.C.
Male figurine
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.