Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Lion with Amphora

 


Rectangular bas-relief representing a lion in profile, jumping from left to right toward an amphora, only part of which is visible.

Provenance: aš-Šayẖ Saʿd.
Era: classic. 
Substance: basalte. 
Dimensions: 43 x 30 cm. 
Texte: translated and adapted from Abdul-Hak (p. 74). 
Photography: Weber.  




Thomas M. Weber. Sculptures from Roman Syria in the Syrian National Museum of Damascus. Vol I, from Cities and Villages in Central and Southern Syria. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft. Worms. 2006.
Sélim et Andrée Abdul-Hak. Catalogue Illustré du Département des antiquités Gréco-Romaines au Musée de Damas, 1951.

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