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Monumentum

Seated lion from Heddernheim

Sandstone statue of a seated lion in attacking posture, from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with its hindmost part lost
 
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27 May 2026

TNMM 1501 ↔ CIMRM 1093

Statue in sandstone (H. 0.16 Br. 0.24). Inv. No. 273.

Habel, Mithrastempel, 180 No. 9 and Pl. IV, 7; MMM II 368n and fig. 256; Lehner, Führer Wiesb., 56 No. 273; Esp. Rec. Germ., 100 No. 148 and fig.

Sitting lion in attacking posture. Its hindmost part is lost.

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