Monumentum
Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
Edmon Durighello, a journalist, discovered this Aion marble in 1887.
The New Mithraeum
4 Jul 2009
Updated on 14 Apr 2022
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Frontal view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon
Coyau / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0.jpg "Head left-side view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
Head left-side view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon
Coyau / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0.jpg "Central body view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
Central body view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon
Coyau / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0.jpg "Head right-side view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
Head right-side view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon
Coyau / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0.jpg "Base with inscription view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
Base with inscription view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon
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.jpg "Frontal view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
.jpg "Head left-side view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
.jpg "Central body view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
.jpg "Head right-side view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
.jpg "Base with inscription view of the lion-headed statue from Sidon")
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Lion-headed figure of the Mithraic Mysteries, from the late 4th-century Mithraeum at Sidon (Colonia Aurelia Pia, Syria), discovered by the journalist Edmond Durighello in 1887. The figure had probably stood in a niche. Sculpture is part of the 'Collection Péretié', brought to Paris in 1892 [typo in Vermaseren: '1882'] by de Clerque and placed in the home of Comte Louis de Boisgelin (5 Rue Masseran, Paris VII), and then donated to the Louvre in 1967. The figure has Louvre accession number AO22258.
On a round pedestal with inscription (No.
On a round pedestal with inscription (No.