• r2-236-10
    Recumbent lion from Nannas monument, Istanbul Archaeological Museum 4028, shown as excavated by the first Sardis expedtion, front. (Howard Crosby Butler Arşiv, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton Üniversitesi)
  • r2-236-20
    Recumbent lion from Nannas monument, Istanbul Archaeological Museum 4028, shown as excavated by the first Sardis expedtion, back. (Howard Crosby Butler Arşiv, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton Üniversitesi)
  • r2-236-30
    Lion sejant and recumbent lion from Nannas monument, in situ. (Howard Crosby Butler Arşiv, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton Üniversitesi)

Nannas Anıtından Yaslanan Aslan

Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975 (1978) Cat. 236
Dönem
550-540 BC, Lidya veya Geç Lidya
Müze
İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri, 4028
Müze Envanter No.
4028
Sardeis veya Müze Env. No.
IAM 4028
Malzeme
Mermer, Taş
Eserin Türü
Heykel
Heykelin Türü
Hayvan, Aslan
Yerleşim
Sardis
Alan (Sektör)
AT
Açma
AT
Locus
AT Nannas Monument
Bulunduğu Yeri
Artemis Precinct, found lying at end of largest pedestal and against smaller one of Nannas monument. It was lying across the short end with feet projecting over the edge (Sardis I, 126 and Shear, Lion, 127, figs. 2, 4, where the lion is restored lying lengthwise on the rectangular, larger, base; cf. Fig. 407, looking E). For Nannas base and reuse by Romans cf. Cat. 274 (Figs. 465-466) and Sardis R1, 62, 64, 68.
Tanım

On a plinth with forepaws extended in front, the lion has its head turned to the l. with the mouth wide open and tongue protruding. The eyes are hollow for inlay, the ears fairly close to the head. The mane is arranged in leaf-like locks, many ending in a small knob; from the back it resembles a kerchief with fringe. The massive forms of the body are smooth and not highly articulated. The tail is looped up and over the proper l. haunch. The piece is apparently by a different hand than Cat. 235 (Figs. 405-406).

Shear drew the persuasive comparison with the Corinthian lions from Loutraki (Gabelmann, Lowenbild, pl. 8, no. 58). Gabelmann has pointed out the differences -the short "back mane" and the Assyrianizing arrangement of the mane and locks. He thought that the golden lion of Croesus in Delphi (Herodotus 1.50) might be envisaged in this posture and pointed out that the inlaid eyes of the Sardis lion are unusual and perhaps conditioned by the imitation of metal technique (cf. also the gold lions, Sardis XIII, no. 86, pl. 8). In the reconstruction proposed by Elderkin (Golden Lion, 1ff., fig. 1) the Delphi lion does not turn his head. A date around mid-6th C. is confirmed by the Loutraki lions. Gabelmann dated the Nannas lion ca. 540 B.C.

Condition

Marble.

Muzzle and l. forepaw damaged.

Boyutlar
L. 1.22; H. 0.65.
Yorum
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Kaynakça
Published: Sardis I, 127, fig. 138; H. C. Butler, Fourth Campaign, 474f., fig. 4; Shear, Lion, 127ff., figs. 1, 5, 11, 16; Akurgal, Kunst Anatoliens, 279, fig. 245; von Gall, Felsgraber, 588f., fig. 4; Gabelmann, Lowenbild, 82f., 84, 89, 119, no. 109.
Yazar
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