Monumentum
Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan
This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.
Relief avec divinité léontocéphale
DR
The New Mithraeum
27 Jan 2022
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Standing, naked figure with lion's head and open mouth (Aion). In his hands which he presses against his breast, he holds a key. Behind his shoulders he has two wings and two more on his hips. He is entwined by a serpent, the head and tail of which are hanging above a krater. This vessel stands between and under his feet. The statue was according to Zoega, formerly gilded, now however, it is black with traces of red on the right shoulder-wing and of violet on the
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