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Monumentum

Small Aion from unkown provenence

Its base is partially broken, so it is unclear if the figure was standing on a globe, an expected position, or not.
  • Aion left side

    Aion left side
    Touraj Daryaee (CC BY-NC-SA) 

  • Aion from behind

    Aion from behind
    Touraj Daryaee (CC BY-NC-SA) 

  • Aion right side

    Aion right side
    Touraj Daryaee (CC BY-NC-SA) 

  • Aion left side

    Aion left side
    Touraj Daryaee (CC BY-NC-SA) 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
25 Jan 2022
 

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Leontocephaline (lion-headed) figure of unknown provenance, weighing 5.8 kg and 37 cm in height with a width of 14 cm. Its base is partially broken, so it is unclear if the figure was standing on a globe, an expected position, or not. The main figure is a standing, naked leontocephaline figure with only a loin cloth in the front and two closed wings on the back; from the front, the wings appear as a mantle around the figure, but they are clearly wings, probably belonging to an eagle.

A serpent, bound around the figure's ankles and continuing up to his chest in five folds and through his bac…