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Head of a lion from Tarentum

Classification
funerary relief; architectural ornament
Culture
Magna Graecian
Dimensions
height: 5.5 cm
Date
early 3rd century B.C.
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
limestone
Iconography
lion
Production place
Tarentum / Taras (Taranto)
Findspot
Tarentum / Taras (Taranto)
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4752
ID
Hyp-3959
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 90; Hekler 1929, 103, no. 93

The piece was not included in the analysis of Danielle Decrouez  (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences).   

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