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Sandstone relief of Aion from Strasbourg

Sandstone relief depicting the god Aion, standing with wings, a staff and a key, accompanied by a lion and a serpent-entwined vessel.

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23 Jan 2026

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.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…

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