This large faience lion is depicted couchant with its head erect and tail curled around its right haunch. Its body is patterned with overlapping and staggered tufts of fur. The face is characterized by oval, recessed eyes that once received now-missing inlays. A small vessel stands before its chest, once supported by its now-missing paws. The form and decorative approach of a lion with a vessel reflects a blend of artistic traditions from Egypt and the Aegean, which was widely transmitted through trade and cultural exchange during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. For a closely-related example, dating to circa 1200–900 B.C., discovered at Tel Megiddo in modern-day Israel, now in the Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, see http://www.worldhistory.org/image/9148/faience-lion-from-megiddo/.