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Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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H: 26 cm ; W: 34.9 cm
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Dates to c. 1st century CE. The nude male standing next to the lion is Herakles, as identified by the skin of the Nemean lion he holds. Found in Pakistan in the ancient region of Gandhara.
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Schist weight depicting a nude male holding a lion skin standing next to another lion on one side. The other side depicts five figures, one judge, two athletes wrestling, and two spectators.
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Gallery 235
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