LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Syria

Bowl with a Handle in the Form of a Forepart of a Lion Chlorite Syria 8th century BC Accession # 61.98 Lion bowls, as these vessels are usually called, seem originally to have been made in northern Syria in the 9th century BC. Liquid flowed into the bowl through the rear tube, which could be attached to a portable reservoir, perhaps for cultic ceremonies. In addition to Syria, examples have been recovered in central Anatolia, in northern Mesopotamia, at Hasanlu in northwestern Iran, and on the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Openwork Plaque with Palm Leaves Ivory Syria, probably Arslan Tash Neo-Assyrian period, Phoenician style, 9th-8th century BC Accession # 57.80.14 The tenons above and below the leaves would have been used to attach this ivory to a piece of wooden furniture. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.