This sculpture features a frontal view of a wide-open lion's mouth with the tongue protruding between the canines and hanging over the mandible. The posterior pharynx is pierced in order to serve as a waterspout. Parts of the mane are lost on the right.
Provenance: Ḥarrān al-ʿAwāmīd. Acquired by Ǧamīl Bāšūrā on March 27, 1948.
Substance: basalt.
Dimensions: H 21.1 cm, W 24.5 cm, D 12.2 cm.
Era: 3rd century CE.
Text; adapted from Weber (p. 29).
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
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.
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