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Pair of limestone lions from Scarbantia

Two limestone sculptures depicting a recumbent lion and a lioness stood near the entrance of the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos, positioned at the threshold of the sanctuary.
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The New Mithraeum
19 Feb 2026
Updated on May 2026
Near the entrance were statues in limestone (H. 0.40 Br. 0.60) of a lying lion and of a lioness. Kenner, 123 and fig.2; MMM II No. 223d and fig. 195.

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