Sculpture, Sanliurfa Museum, Urfa, Turkey

Lions held by bridles by a central figure, indicating a powerful ruler and symbolising protection for the people, stone relief, Islamic period, from the Hava Tower at Ba'rur Han, in Sanliurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museums, or Sanliurfa Museum, in Sanliurfa, or Urfa, Turkey. In ancient times Urfa was the city of Edessa in Upper Mesopotamia, founded in Hellenistic times an an important city throughout the Roman period. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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