# Composite Lion and Bull

- Date: 1500–1000 BCE
- Medium: bronze, cast
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Overall: 11.4 x 9.7 x 14.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
- Culture: Iran
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.122)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.122/1969.122_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Combining the strength of the lion and the fertility of the bull, this creature must have served as an object of worship in a temple or shrine.