Lions

ID: TCMCAL10

A set of lions that guarded the entrance to a 13th century Hittite temple at Alalakh.

Note the eyes, the manes, and the one remaining fang.

These lions are on display in the Archaeological Museum in Antioch (on the Orontes).

Keywords: Lion Lions, Alalakh, Tell Atchana, Aççana, Sir Leonard Woolley, Mediterranean Coast, Central Turkey, TCMCAL10, Gilbert