Double-sided Plaque Depicting a Lion and Birds
Ancient Egyptian
-332–-30
- Medium
- Limestone and pigment
- Dimensions
- 19.4 × 19.1 × 1.3 cm (7 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- plaque (flat object)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
gridsstonelimestonelionsanimalsplaque (flat object)ptolemaicsculpturebirdsancient artWritinggreco-roman (egyptian)ancient
About
This piece was reused several times. Over the initial design of a lion, an artist drew a grid in order to copy the image to another surface. At a later date, the plaque was used as a note pad at which time the ink inscription was added. The notation is a list of names, perhaps witnesses to a transaction.
