Lion-headed figure of Mérida
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Aion with lion's head. To the upper part of his naked body, a pair of wings is attached. Around him a serpent is winding its way up, resting its head on the god's after the last coil round his neck. A part of the head and parts of the arms and legs have got lost.
Data
- Location
Casa del Mitreo de Mérida, Emerita Augusta, Lusitania (Hispania) Cerro de San Albín, Mérida (Spain) - Current location
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano [CE00087] Mérida (Spain) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 87 W. D. cm
- Dating 2nd half of 2nd century
- Discovery date 1902
- Material Marble (white)
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/241
- CIMRM 776
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