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The Sculpture of a Lion in the Amasya Museum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Serra Durugönül
Affiliation:
University of Mersin

Extract

The lion that forms the subject of this paper is exhibited in the garden of Amasya Museum. The inventory number is A.87.51. It was brought from the village of Gümüştepe in the region of Merzifon. Neither the circumstances of its discovery nor the exact findspot are known.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 1994

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