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Silver-gilt bowl (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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The work depicts a winged deity (resembling Assyrian deities) cutting down a lion with a sword. Surrounding that is a number of animal and narrative motifs. This includes Egyptian subjects like a sphinx wearing a
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and a lion walking over a dead man (symbolizing a pharaoh conquering his enemies). The outer band of the bowl also has a variety of motifs, and above that are inscriptions. One, "I am of Akestor, king of
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The bowl's significance stems from its excellent condition, high quality, and its amalgam of Egyptian, Assyrian, and
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