Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

TNMM 498 ↔ CIMRM 481 & 482

The procession is continued on the part between the door e and the niche h (Ferrua, Pl. I; see fig. 134). One sees six young men, walking behind each other (Leones), in short hair and beards, dressed in a girded, ochreous tunic, the sleeves of which are decorated with purple stripes. They all carry offerings.

1) Only few traces.

2) Youth with white bull.

3) Youth with in his hands a cock (see fig. 135). Above him a dipinto: N[a]ma ........ Leon[i].

4) Stooping man pushing a large ram (see fig. 136). Above: [N]ama.

5) Youth carries a krater in both hands (see fig. 137). Above him the dipinto: Nama Niceforo Leoni.

6) Stooping youth drives a pig before him. Above him:

a) Nama / Theodoro Leoni.

b) Nama ...... Leoni.

CIMRM 482

On the N. wall also a procession of persons. Also here there are Leones in the same attire, but their tunic is somewhat longer and reaches up to the knees; the colour of the attire is more reddish. (Ferrua, fig. 9).

1) Very vague. He carries a very indistinct object, probably a loaf. Above it: Nama F ... too Leoni.

2) A youth carries a krater (see fig. 138). Above him: Nama He[li]odoro Leoni.

3) A youth carries in a glass dish a loaf, which is divided into six parts (see fig. 138). Above him:
Nama Gelasio Leoni.

4) Badly preserved. A stooping youth holds a krater in both hands. Above him: Nama Phoebo Leoni.

5) The next three persons are a bit smaller in stature, because they have been painted over door b. The first one is very vague. In his hands he carries a piece of bread, which is divided into six parts. Above him: Nama…...

6) Person, badly damaged. Four red stripes probably have to be explained as burning candles, which he holds in his hands.

7) Outlines of a person, carrying a cock. Above him: Nama.

8) Finally a youth with a bundle of four candles in his l.h. (see fig. 139; Ferrua, fig. 12). In his r.h. he holds a burning candle, the flame of which produces a yellow light. Above him:

Nama...... etl(?) ... o Leoni.