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A colossal basalt lion statue from the Ain Dara Temple near Aleppo, Syria, found in 1955, dating to the 10th-8th century BCE.
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Cridland, V. (2012, April 26). Syrian Lion Statue. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/247/syrian-lion-statue/
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