Carved Lion's Head

The excavators of Carchemish found numerous bases for statues, altars and basins decorated with bulls or lions. This basalt lion's head was one of a pair of lions that originally formed part of an elaborate statue base. The statue, perhaps of a deity, once stood beside the 'Lion's Gate' of Carchemish. The lions were held by a griffin demon whose hand can be seen on the left of this head.卡尔赫米什（Carchemish）的考古发掘者发现了大量饰有公牛或狮子形象的雕像基座、祭坛与盆具。这件玄武岩狮头是一对石狮构件之一，原本属于一座精致繁复的雕像基座。该造像（大概率为神祇造像）曾矗立在卡尔赫米什的狮门（Lion's Gate）旁。这对石狮由一只狮鹫魔神托举，该魔神的手部可见于这件狮头的左侧。