A lion holding a calf (frontal view). From Alacahöyük. This was probably a portal-figure.
Height: 99 cm. Hittite, c. 14th century BC.
Note the formalized decoration on the calf (under the lion’s paw).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen
Source: ‘The Hittites’ (J.G.Macqueen) 1996.