Relief of a walking lion

This high relief features a lion, striding to the right. The piece is framed at the top and both sides with a small border and at the bottom with a broad ledge. Only the head and right front paw are executed in some detail; the body is rendered quite superficially. The relief may have been left unfinished. Probably, the lion represents the god Miysis, corroborated by the provenance (Tell el-Moqdam/Leontopolis).
The relief is either a sculptor's model or a votive offering.

Present location	ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM
Inventory number	APM 7792
Dating	PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site	TELL EL-MUQDAM
Category	RELIEF
Material	LIMESTONE
Technique	HIGH RELIEF
Height	15.5 cm
Width	25 cm
Depth	2.7 cm

Bibliography

• G.A.S. Snijder (ed.), Algemeene gids Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1956 (tweede druk), 9 (nr. 40)
• R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Egypte, eender en anders (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1984, 30 (nr. 34)
• W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 60-61

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