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Aion statue on a crescent-decorated cone from Rome

White marble statue of the lion-headed Aion standing on a cone decorated with a crescent, entwined in seven coils of a serpent and pressing claw-like hands against his body, each grasping a key; formerly in the Museo Torlonia, Rome.

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White marble statue (H. 0.59 Br. 0.20 base). Museo Torlonia, walled in beside the preceding No.Raffei, Oss., Pl. IV, 2; Clarac, Mus. Sculpt., IV, 26 and Pl. 562B, 1193A; Zoega, Bass., II, 37, Abh., 199ff No. 4; Morcelli, Villa Alb., No. 561; Lajard, Intr., Pl. LXXI, 3; MMM II 216 No. 40 and fig. 47; Eisler, Weltenmantel, II, 412 fig. 49.On a cone, decorated with a crescent, a figure is standing with lion's head, and a pair of wings, attached to shoulders and feet (Aion). He is entwined in seven coils of a serpent, which rests its head on the god's. He presses his claw-like hands against his…

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