Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial
Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial
Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial
Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial
Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial
Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial

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Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial,

1st century CE

Roman
2004-121

Information

Title
Carved Handle (?) with Lion Head Finial
Dates

1st century CE

Medium
Bone
Dimensions
1.8 × 9 × 1.2 cm, 22.1g (11/16 × 3 9/16 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
2004-121
Place Excavated

Turkey

Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
bone, carving
Subject
lions

Discovered in Antioch (17-N) in 1937 by the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch; given to the University by the Committee, probably by 1941.

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