Monumentum
Aion of Villa Albani
White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.
Lion-headed god from Villa Albini
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Aion of Villa Albini
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CIMRM 545
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
14 Jun 2009
Updated on Mar 2025
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A naked trunk in the coils of a serpent. Four signs of the zodiac, two on the breast (Aries and Libra) and one on each thigh (Cancer and Capricornius). Added are: lion’s head, two wings, the arms and legs with two coils of the serpent, and finally the globe, on which Aion is standing.Raffei Diss. 130 and Pl. III 2; K Q. Visconti Mus. Pio Clem. II Pl. XIX; Clarac Mus. Sculpt. Pl. 560 1192 and. 1192 A (before and after the restorations) and IV 26; Millin Gall. Myth. cf…
