# Seal Amulet in the form of a Lion's Head

- Date: 3800–3500 BCE
- Medium: agate
- Classification: Amulets
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2.8 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm (1 1/8 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Mesopotamia, Iraq
- Credit line: Gift of Mabel Porozynski in honor and remembrance of Eugene Porozynski
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.42)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.42/2000.42_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Delicately carved from exotic semiprecious stone, this tiny seal in the shape of a lion's head (rendered in profile) would have functioned not only as the legal signature of its ancient owner but also a protective amulet, magically conferring to its wearer the lion's natural virtues of courage, leadership, and strength.