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Marble Table Leg in Shape of Lion. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Griffin Pillar
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 219
- Date
- 1st or 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
- Museum Inventory No.
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S59.064
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Furnishing, Animal
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB House of Bronzes Room 5
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E30 / S70 floor
- Findspot
- HoB, standing on floor. The pillar was set upon an unfinished column base, 0.39 by 0.39 by 0.16.
- Description
- The griffin pillar is nearly identical to its twin Cat. 218 (Fig. 383) found nearby. The four-clawed foot is better preserved here and shows the same powerful curves typical of the whole piece.
- Condition
Marble.
Corners of top of pillar missing; also the ears and some of the teeth.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.78; max. W. 0.20; W. at foot 0.15; D. 0.26.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Mentioned BASOR157, 24, fig. 10, showing area of find.
- Author
- NHR