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Portal lion
The basalt portal lion was found in Hama citadel during the Danish excavation in 1936 in situ at the south wing of the west entrance of room A in Building III. The 3-meter-long rectangular block suffered heavy damage and was quite fragmented. The lion is carved as a statue in front and as low relief at the back, on its door-facing side. Its counterpart at the north wing was found in even more fragmentary condition. It stands about 1.60 m high and 0.54 m wide and has been dated to around 900 BCE. Currently in the National Museum in Copenhagen.
