Roman — Roman
Sculpture, funerary monument
Roman sculpture of a lion killing a stag, probably from a funerary monument. This sculpture was found at Camomile Street in 1876. It is made from oolitic limestone and had been reused in one of the bastions of the Roman city wall. The lion is one of a number of funerary fragments found reused in this way. It appears that monuments in the eastern cemetery of Roman London were plundered to provide building stone for the late Roman defences. The lion is shown killing a stag and symbolises the unstoppable power of death. Lions are found on tomb monuments in Germany and Gaul (a region of western Europe) as well as Britain.
- Category:
- Roman
- Object ID:
- 3368
- Object name:
- sculpture, funerary monument
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- Roman
- Material:
stone, limestone
- Measurements/duration:
- H 620 mm, W 320 mm, D 690 mm, WT 0.3 tons, WT 140000g (140kg) (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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