Hammered sheet that decorated a shield ochanon. It bears two seated lions opposite each other that turn their heads back. Beneath their joined, raised front legs a naked man who runs, holding possibly a sword in his right hand, is rendered in smaller scale. The scene is framed with a simple, single band. Three suspension holes helped the sheet’s attachment to a wooden or leather surface.
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