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Hasanlu (Azerbaijan): Lapis-lazuli bowl, parly covered with gold leaves, c. 850 BC

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Huot, Jean-Louis
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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A lion is holding it in its jaws and grasping it with its paws. Beneath, a hand sculptured in bas-relief seems to be carrying it. The belly is decorated with two sphinxes with spreading wings

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Archives Series

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1965

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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