Bronze Lion's Foot from Urartu

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This large foot was probably fit into onto the legs of a table or bed. The decoration on the front is an Anatolian version of the Egyptian winged sun-disc. This would have originally been inlaid with knuckles and claws. From Toprakkale, Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Urartian, late 8th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 29). Bronze Lion's Foot from Urartu. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9548/bronze-lions-foot-from-urartu/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Bronze Lion's Foot from Urartu." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 29, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9548/bronze-lions-foot-from-urartu/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Bronze Lion's Foot from Urartu." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 29 Nov 2018. Web. 22 Feb 2025.

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