"Like a lion in cover": A cylinder seal from Early Bronze Age III Tell eṣ-Ṣafi/Gath, Israel

This paper discusses a decorated ivory cylinder seal, from an EB III context at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. The seal, with its realistic depiction of a crouching lion, is noteworthy among the contemporary glyptic repertoire of the EB Levant due to the high level of the iconographic depiction. Suggest...

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Authors: Maʾir, Aharon 1958- (Author) ; Shai, Yitsḥaḳ (Author) ; Horwitz, Liora Kolska 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Soc. 2011
In: Israel exploration journal
Year: 2011, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-31
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Tell es-Safi
B Seal
B Bronze Age
B Gath