Monumentum
Aion of Memphis
This statue of the god lion-head was found in Memphis, Egypt.
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The New Mithraeum
15 Aug 2021
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 323 ↔ CIMRM 94
Statue in limestone (H. 0.75). Inv. No. 7268.
Standing figure with lion’s head; the upper part of his body is nude. Round the hips he wears a loincloth, tied up in front (Aion).
References
MMM II No. 285d and fig. 481; Strzygowsky, o.c., 14f; RRS III 138, 7 (fig. 35).
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
