Georgia (Tsnori)

Golden Lion Figurine from Tsnori

2705

Second half of the 3rd millennium BC (circa 2500–2000 BC), during the Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes (Early Transcaucasian) culture.

Created as a high-status prestige artifact, ritual amulet, or divine symbol, and interred within an elite Bronze Age burial cairn to signify the supreme rank, power, and sacred authority of the tribal leader.