handle (containers)

A lion's face in coarse red pottery, probably a boss or handle placed at the side or shoulder of a vessel. It has erect ears, deeply incised eyes and eyebrows, a wide grinning mouth and the whole is surrounded by a circle of punched dots.

A lion's face in coarse red pottery, probably a boss or handle placed at the side or shoulder of a vessel. It has erect ears, deeply incised eyes and eyebrows, a wide grinning mouth and the whole is surrounded by a circle of punched dots. Marked on the reverse in black ink with 'SB' (probably Sari Bahlol, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). Early centuries CE. Archaeological context: presumably unstratified and from a surface collection. Given by Col D H Gordon (1952/3).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn15845
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 36 mm x 41 mm x 24 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
terracotta; slip
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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