Aion found in the Tiber

Fragment of a white statue (H. 0.34). Mus. Naz. Terme, Inv. No. 4239. Found together with the following number during regularisationworks in the Tiber. MMM II 207 No. 22 and fig. 35; RRS III, 141, 3; Paribeni, Terme Diocl., 140 No. 287. See fig. 144. Figure of a naked Aion, whose body is entwined in three coils of a serpent. The serpent’s head rests just below the point, where the god crosses his arms on his breast. In his l.h. a sceptre, in the r.h. two keys. Traces of gold colour (?). The head and the legs, which he has pressed together, are lost.Fragment d’une statuette de marbre blanc [H…