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Historical Archive: Lions through the 7th century See also grouped evangelists and Saint Mark. lyre/harp front plaque, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B17694A/B, which has its own page cosmetic box lid: lion attacking sheep or goat, shell and lapis lazuli, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B16744A black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and the Nemean lion, 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.02.9171 black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and the Nemean lion, 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.02.9171 lion, Roman sard intaglio, Met 81.6.132 lion, Roman sard intaglio, Met 81.6.132 Hercules and the Nemean lion, jasper intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26014, Bonner 109 Lion trampling a body, figures above its back and facing, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26150, Bonner 213 Lion striding right, crystal intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26050, Bonner 237 2nd-3rd c. carnelian intaglio, in 13th c. gold seal ring, HNM K.60.3.B, which has its own page grave stone with Orpheus from Dunapentele, 2nd half of 2nd c., HNM Leo, upper left: Mithras fr. City of London temple, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., MoL A16933 Dionysiac triumph, marble loculus cover, late 2nd-early 3rd c., Penn MS4017, which has its own page seasons sarcophagus with menorah, marble, c.250-350, Rome MNR 67611, which has its own page lion: gold-glass bowl, western Roman empire 4th c., SMBByz 3312 glass bowl w. gold-glass, Cologne 4th c., BM 1881,0624.1, which has its own page hunt, Italy? c.350-400, bronze/silver/copper, Louvre Br 3448/MND 889. For details see Louvre. Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page with more lions Daniel in the lions’ den, gilded bronze and niello belt pendant, late 4th to early 5th c., Musée Carnavalet Paris. For near profile view see Carnavalet. Scenes from the life of St. Paul, and Adam in Paradise, ivory diptych c.400, Bargello, Florence Daniel in the Lions' Den: sarcophagus from S. Giovanni Battista, Ravenna, marble, early 5th c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale 600. For contiguous images see Ravenna. stucco: Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, c.451-73. This work has its own pages with another stucco lion. circus scenes, ivory diptych, 2nd half of 5th c., Hermitage circus scenes, ivory diptych, 2nd half of 5th c., Hermitage lioness, banded agate intaglio in 6th-c. gold ring, DO 58.34 lioness, banded agate intaglio in 6th-c. gold ring, profile, DO 58.34 plaque with tiger, gazelle, and lion, bone, Byzantine Egypt c.500, KM 1981.04.0037 Barberini Diptych, ivory 527-65, Louvre OA 9063. This work has its own page. Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page with another lion lion-head throne: Christ enthroned ivory, mid 6th c., SMBByz 564/565, which has its own page with companion panel lions? Daniel and Habakkuk buckle, bronze, region of Mâcon, late 6th c., MAN. For color see MAN. lion, medallion tunic inset, linen and wool, 7th c. Akhmim, Pushkin 5177 shield boss: David and Goliath, Constantinople 629–30, Met 17.190.396, which has its own page