TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Like a lion in cover'
T2 - A cylinder seal from early bronze age III Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel
AU - Maeir, Aren M.
AU - Shai, Itzhaq
AU - Horwitz, Liora Kolska
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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. Suggested connections and the significance of this seal are discussed.
AB - 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. Suggested connections and the significance of this seal are discussed.
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AN - SCOPUS:80053638471
SN - 0021-2059
VL - 61
SP - 12
EP - 31
JO - Israel Exploration Journal
JF - Israel Exploration Journal
IS - 1
ER -