Monumentum
Aion of York
The statue was found in 1874 under the city wall of York during the construction of the railway station.
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16 May 2021
Updated on 27 Jan 2022
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Aion from York frontal view
Carole Raddato
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Statue in sandstone (H. 0.61), found in York (1875). Yorkshire, Philosophical Society.
Hubner in IVA LVIII, 1876, 147ff and PI. VIII, 1; MMM II 392 No. 271 and fig. 310.
On a base a standing, naked figure, dressed in a fringed loin-cloth, which is held together by a snakelike belt. In his hanging I.h. two keys, whereas the other, which is broken off as far as the elbow, must have held a sceptre, part of which is still visible on the edge of the stone, together with an undefinable object (thunder- bolt ?), half of which is preserved on the fringes.
Hubner in IVA LVIII, 1876, 147ff and PI. VIII, 1; MMM II 392 No. 271 and fig. 310.
On a base a standing, naked figure, dressed in a fringed loin-cloth, which is held together by a snakelike belt. In his hanging I.h. two keys, whereas the other, which is broken off as far as the elbow, must have held a sceptre, part of which is still visible on the edge of the stone, together with an undefinable object (thunder- bolt ?), half of which is preserved on the fringes.
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Data
- Location
Britannia inferior (Britannia) York (United Kingdom) - Current location
Yorkshire Museum [YORYM : 2007.616] York (United Kingdom) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 61 W. D. cm
- Discovery date 1874
- Material Sandstone
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/250
- MMM 271
- CIMRM 833, 834