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There are 42 objects for which Decoration contains → lions
2007.1.10.17 Hercules capturing Cerberus, lions head to the left
2007.1.10.46 Portrait in profile facing left of man with lion's skin on his head.
2007.1.10.47 Portrait in profile of man facing right, with lion's skin on his head
2007.1.10.48 Exceptionally raised portrait of man facing slightly towards the right, with lion's skin on his head
2007.1.10.49 Portrait of profile of man facing to the right, with lion's skin on his head. (Possibly Hercules).
2007.1.10.50 Portrait in profile of man facing right, with lion's skin on his head
2007.1.10.52 Portrait in profile of man facing to the right, slightly raised, with lion's skin on his head.
2007.1.10.54 Portrait in profile of man facing right, with lion's skin on his head.
2007.1.10.55 Portrait in profile of man facing left, with lion's skin on his head.
2007.1.10.56 Portrait in profile of man facing right, with lion's skin on his head.
2007.1.10.57 Portrait in profile of man facing right, with lion's skin on his head.
2007.1.10.58 Portrait in profile of man facing right, with lion's skin on his head
2007.1.10.60 Portrait of man from waist up, facing left. Lion's skin is draped over his right shoulder, as well as a club.
2007.1.10.61 Full body portrait of woman facing right. Partly clothed, carrying a lion's skin and a club.
2007.1.10.62 Full body portrait of a woman facing right. Partly clothed, carrying a lion's skin and a club.
2007.10.2.359 A centaur wearing a lion's skin, balancing a big pot on his shoulders. In his left hand he is holding a staff.
2007.9.3.151 Male head in profile facing left. He looks to have a lion's skin on his head. Possibly Hercules.
2008.2.1.27 Male head in profile facing right. Looks to have a lions skin on his head, so possibly Hercules.
2009.10.2.137 Pictures a woman riding a chariot pulled by two lions. She appears to be holding a basket of fruit. There are some figures behind the lions holding tools. Number 9.
2009.10.2.286 Depicts Hercules naked standing to the right, with a lions skin draped over him and a club to his right. Number - 2
2009.10.2.310 A scene showing Herakles facing left. In his right hand he carries his club and the head of the nemean lion. The lion's skin is draped over his back
2009.8.12 Profile of a man wearing some kind of fur, looking right. Could be a lion's fur. Cast number: 2
2009.8.275 A cow and a naked woman with a crown, holding a vessel, sitting on a flower, are in a barque which has a lion's head on the left end and a ram's head on the right end. Cast number: 6
2009.8.31 A man with a beard sitting on a rock and a lion's fur, holding a club in his hand. Probably Hercules. There is also an inscription. Cast number: sn
2009.8.35 A man with a beard standing on a globe and holding another above his head. There is a lion's fur around his waist. Probably Hercules carrying the earth for Atlas. Cast number: s3
2009.8.74 Hercules. A young man with wavy hair and a lion's fur on his head. Cast number: 18
2009.8.8 Vase with female figures who seem to be dancing. Two lions on the neck. Cast number: DD.9
2009.9.126 A winged child walking beside a chariot pulled by two lions. Maybe referring to Nike. Cast number: 60
2009.9.27 A human figure with a lions head surrounded by some kind of halo, looking right. Maybe Sekhmet. Cast number: 41
2009.9.277 Profile of a man with wavy hair and a lions fur on his head, looking right. The top of his cloak can be seen. Probably Alexander the Great. Cast number: 15
2009.9.28 A monster with a lion's head, a man's chest and two serpent tails wearing an aureole, looking right. Cast number: 42
2009.9.39 On the right side an ibis, in the middle a monster with a lion's head and a serpent's body (Chnoubis) and on the left side a bird. Cast number: 53
2009.9.40 A monster with a lion's head and a serpent's body sitting on a box with inscriptions. There is also an inscription on the left and right side of the monster. Cast number: 54
2009.9.57 A creature with a human head and a lion's body with wings, probably a sphinx, wearing the deshret-crown. Cast number: 71
26.2.93 exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of animal motif (possibly lion's paw) to right; incised blob rosette with added red as filling ornament.
27.3.8 On lip, rays. On handle, two horizontal bands. Shoulder decoration consists of a repeated inverted comma pattern. On body a line, a band, six narrow lines, and, in the main zone, two lions (with traces of a third lion between them), with rosettes between their tails. Four thick black bands, each with thin red bands superimposed. Band of five rays rising from base. Two bands around foot and base coloured black.
27.4.11 The interior is black, but reserved at the bottom of the bowl. There is a red line around the lip. The body is decorated with figural scenes. A: Two sphinxes. B: A female figure (Artemis or 'Mistress of animals'?) between two lions (alternate stripes of white and red indicate the ribs and hindquarters of the lions). Beneath each handle stands a water bird (swan?) facing to the right. Rosettes and rows of dots in the field. Below the figural zone are two red lines, then a black band, a frieze of narrow black rays (slightly overlapping the black band above). The ring foot is black on the exterior and resting surface. The central part of the underside is decorated with a black dot at centre, surrounded by a black dircle and, farther out, a red circle. White is used on parts of the lions, necks and breasts of sphinxes and woman, and parts of the wings of birds.
48.12.6 Rim decorated with three bands, the the central one with added purple. Horizontal bars on handle. Long tongues on shoulder; figural zone framed by bands. Main design is of three crouching lions, facing right, with long tails forming s-curves above them, each reaching back to link to the next lion. Incisions and added purple on necks and shoulders. Base reserved.
49.8.11 On mouth three concentric black bands; dots on edge. Zigzag pattern on handle. On the shoulder, black tongues. The figure decorated body zone is framed by three thin horizontal parallel black bands. On the body two confronted lions, between which an incized rosette. Dots and irregularly drawn rosettes on the background. Two concentric circles on the underside of the base.
53.8.2 Polished black surface. Relief decoration (exterior): three ridges with incised zig-zags on the middle ridge; four lions (incised details, especially on faces and tails) alternating with four moulded tongues; three ridges with incised zig-zags on the middle ridge.
E.63.3 Light green figurine of the dwarf god Bes, dancing in a lion's skin with a feather head-dress. There is a hole for threading on the back/base of the head-dress. Although the figure is dancing it appears quite somber.
E.63.4 Light green figurine, partner of Reading E.63.3. It is the dwarf god Bes, dancing in a lion's skin with feather head-dress. There is a hole to enable threading at base/back of the head-dress. The figure stands on a flat base.
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