Plaque Depicting a God(?) Riding a Lion

Plaque Depicting a God(?) Riding a Lion

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Several gods may be shown riding a lion. This god has curly hair or perhaps wears a kind of hood or animal skin on his head. He holds a short staff and what appears to be a small bucket or just possibly a bunch of grapes.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.