Bronze Lion-Head Coffin Handles with Rings Mounted Above the Mane Found near Ibreika
First-known example of overhead ring placement suggests handles were designed as lifting grips for Roman-period wooden coffins, not decorative door knockers.
Reconstruction of the lion-head discs as handles to carry a wooden coffin.(photo credit: Illustration: Y. Shmidov. Atiqot 117)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
