• r2-178-10
    Lid with lion head, overview. (Telif hakkı Sart Amerikan Hafriyat Heyeti / Harvard Üniversitesi)

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    Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975 (1978) Cat. 178
    Dönem
    Late 2nd or early 3rd C. AD, Roma
    Sardeis veya Müze Env. No.
    S67.024
    Malzeme
    Mermer, Taş
    Eserin Türü
    Heykel, Lahit
    Heykelin Türü
    Lahit
    Yerleşim
    Sardis
    Alan (Sektör)
    PN
    Açma
    PN
    Koordinatlar
    W272 / S326 *87
    Bulunduğu Yeri
    PN
    Tanım
    The sarcophagus lid fragment has a tile, triangular in section, which ends in a lion’s head. The mane of the lion is indicated by shallow grooves and incisions. His forehead has folds of skin incised on the diagonal. The protruding tongue and lower lip are preserved. The molding at the border of the lid is plain except for two horizontal bands near the top.
    Condition

    Marble.

    Four fragments, mended. The lower part of the nose and upper lip of lion broken off.

    Boyutlar
    H. 0.095; H. with ridge 0.115; W. 0.52; L. 0.62; W. of ridge 0.137; W. of lion’s head 0.02; H. of revetment 0.12.
    Yorum
    For the general type, cf. J.D. Young, Sarcophagus at Providence. Cf. also Wiegartz, Säulensarkophage, pl. 29a. For another lid, said to be from Sardis, see Cat. 260 (Figs. 448-449).
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