Sandstone relief of Aion from Strasbourg
TNMM 1394 ↔ CIMRM 1326
Relief in sandstone (H. 0.65 Br. 0.415 D. 0.16) found at Strassburg in 1866 “au centre de la ville dans les fouilles effectuées pour l’approfondissement d’une cave” (Saum) and “près de l’ancien fossé des tanneurs” (Blumstein). Strassburg, Archaeological Museum.
Standing Aion in a loin cloth which is fastened in front. He has a human head and a long beard. Four wings are attached to the shoulders and the hips. In his l. h. he holds a staff and in his upraised r. h. a key. Behind him a lion holding its head above a vase which is encircled by a serpent. Next to Aion’s l. foot is the cover of the vase.
References
A. Saum in Revue d’Alsace 1866, 417 f.; Bull. Mon. XXXIII, 1867, 308; A. de Longpérier in BSAF 1868, 147; F. Pottier in Bull. Soc. Arch. de Tarn-et-Garonne 1869, 92; Froehner, Mus. France, 75 Pl. XXIII; Straub, Souvenirs, 376; Quichet, Mélanges d’arch. et d’hist. Antiquité, 336 and Pl. IV; MMM II 340 No. 240 and fig. 114; Blumstein, Strasbourg, 81; Henning, Denkm. Els., 51 and Pl. XLVII; Forrer, MH 10 f. and Pl. XXVI; RRR II 97, 5; Esp., Rec. Gaule VII, 142 No. 5492 and fig.; Leipoldt, XVI and fig. 41; Forrer, Als. Röm., 165 and Pl. XXXVII; Hatt, Strasbourg, fig. 19. See fig. 350.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
