Marble Statue of a Seated Lion
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Marble Statue of a Seated Lion
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Published 2017-06-30T11:30:24+00:00
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This seated lion was found along with statues of another lion and an eagle in the precinct of Artemis at Sardis. The group had been assembled on a re-used base during the Roman period, probably after great floods had disrupted the sanctuary. Lions were the attribute of Kybele, the great mother goddess of Anatolia. This statue was probably originally associated with her cult.
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| Date published | 30/06/2017 |
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| Title | Marble Statue of a Seated Lion |
| Date | ca. 500 B.C. |
| Dimension | H. 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm) length 41 in. (104.1 cm) |
| Accession | 26.59.9 |
| Period | Archaic |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926 |
| Record | http://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/252461 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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