Lion-head spout, after early Hellenistic types
Lion-head spout, after early Hellenistic types

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Lion-head spout, after early Hellenistic types,

ca. 180 CE

Roman | after early Hellenistic style
y1929-61

Information

Title
Lion-head spout, after early Hellenistic types
Dates

ca. 180 CE

Medium
Coarse-grained white marble
Dimensions
25.3 x 28.7 x 14.9 cm (9 15/16 x 11 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sardis Excavation Society
Object Number
y1929-61
Place Collected

Turkey, Sardis

Period
Hellenistic, Roman (style or period)
Type
sculpture, spouts, fragments
Materials
marble
Subject
lions

Excavated at Sardis between 1910 and 1914, with a final season in 1922; given to the Museum by the Sardis Excavation Committee by at least 1929.

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