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    Lid with lion head, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lid with Lion Head

Date
Late 2nd or early 3rd C. AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S67.024
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture, Sarcophagus
Sculpture Type
Sarcophagus
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
W272 / S326 *87
Findspot
PN
Description
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.

Dimensions
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.
Comments
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).
See Also
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Author
NHR