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Monumentum

Leontocephaline figure from Frankfurt

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.
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The New Mithraeum
22 May 2021
Updated on May 2026
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.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.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 (?…

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