Currently not on view
Lion skin support for a statuette of Herakles,
3rd century CE
Roman
2000-65
Information
Title
Lion skin support for a statuette of Herakles
Dates
3rd century CE
Medium
Fine-grained white marble
Dimensions
h. 16.8 cm., w. 8.8 cm., d. 13.0 cm. (6 5/8 x 3 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
2000-65
Place Excavated
Turkey
Culture
Period
Type
Discovered in Jekmejeh (near Antioch) during excavations by the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch in 1937 or 1939; given to the University by the Committee, probably by 1941.
- Richard Stillwell, ed., Antioch-on-the-Orontes III: the excavations 1937–1939, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1941)., cat. no. 83; pl. 30
- J. Michael Padgett, ed., Roman sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 2001)., cat. no. 57
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 2000," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 60 (2001): p. 66-93., p. 90
