Leontocephaline figure from Frankfurt
TNMM 277 ↔ CIMRM 1123
Relief in sandstone (H. 0.60 Br. 0.225–0.25 D. 0.12), originally standing in the back of the cult-niche. Formerly Coll. Häberlin, now Frankfurt, Museum Inv. No. 15791.
Standing person with lion’s head (Aion) whose body is only covered by a loin-cloth. On his r. leg the tail is visible of a serpent coiling around his body and resting its head on Aion’s l. shoulder. On the breast a mask with swollen jaws (Medusa?). He holds in his r.h. a key and in his l.h. a shovel.
A lion-headed figure [Aion (?)], dressed only in a loincloth, holds a key in his left hand and a fire shovel in his right. A snake ascends from his right leg and coils around his abdomen, on whose chest is a face.
References
Wolff-Cumont, 54 and Pl. I, 6; MMM II 375f and fig. 286; Esp. Rec. Germ., 104 No. 155; Leipoldt, fig. 40. See fig. 291.
- Relief mit Leo — Arachne.
- I. Huld-Zetsche (1994) NIDA - Eine römische Stadt in Frankfurt am Main (Aalen) 126 Ill. 92.
