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Mithraic Chronus from the Casa del Mitreo
Lion headed sculpture of Aion from Mérida.
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16 Jan 2021
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Right side of the Aion of Mérida
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Left side of the Aion of Mérida
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Aion of Mérida
Andreu Abuín
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Marble statue (H. 0.87), found in 1902. Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de Mérida, Inv. No. 87.
Gomez Moreno-Pijoan, Materiales, Pl. XXXI, fig. 36; Leite de Vasconcellos, Religoes, III, fig. 150; Melida in BAH 1914, 446f No. 3 and Pl. V; Cat. Badajoz, No. 1084; Paris in RA 1914, 6 No. 6 and fig. 4; Legge in Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch. XXXVII, 1915, Pl. XIX, 4; Lianez, Mer., 178f No. 87; Pidal, Hist. Esp., II, 441, fig. 251; Garcia y Bellido, Culto, fig. 7; see fig. 210.
Aion with lion's head. To the upper part of his naked body, a pair of wings is attached.
Gomez Moreno-Pijoan, Materiales, Pl. XXXI, fig. 36; Leite de Vasconcellos, Religoes, III, fig. 150; Melida in BAH 1914, 446f No. 3 and Pl. V; Cat. Badajoz, No. 1084; Paris in RA 1914, 6 No. 6 and fig. 4; Legge in Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch. XXXVII, 1915, Pl. XIX, 4; Lianez, Mer., 178f No. 87; Pidal, Hist. Esp., II, 441, fig. 251; Garcia y Bellido, Culto, fig. 7; see fig. 210.
Aion with lion's head. To the upper part of his naked body, a pair of wings is attached.
Data
- Location Cerro de San Albín
- City Mérida
- Country Spain
- Current location Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
- Current city Mérida
- Current country Spain
- Type
- Tags
- Dimensions H. 87 cm
- Discovery date 1902
- Material Marble (white)
- CIMRM 776
- TNM aisces001048
Related
- Monumentum Casa del Mitreo of Mérida