Abstract: An anchor for embedment in a concrete body for lifting the concrete body, wherein the anchor includes a head having a lifting aperture for engagement with a lifting device, and a pair of legs adapted for embedment within the concrete body, wherein the head has an additional aperture having at least a portion of the additional aperture bordered by a border rib, wherein a lower edge of the head is provided with a cross rib which extends between the pair of legs, and wherein webbing extends between the border rib and the cross rib such that a cross-section along a longitudinal axis of the anchor between the cross rib and the border rib forms an I-beam.