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| Name: |
Corbridge
Lion |
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| Description: |
Corbridge
(Corstopitum). Corbridge Museum. H. 0.7m. Lion devouring a stag. The
lion stands atop the crushed stag, its mouth wide in a snarl, its
nose wrinkled and its eyes staring. Its claws are hooked into the
stag's body, holding its antlers, and its tail lashes around its hindlegs.
The stag has collapsed and lies on the ground, eyes closed, tongue
lolling from its mouth. |
| Date: |
100-300 A.D. |
| Discussion: |
Discovered
in a water cistern, this was originally a tomb monument. It was later
adapted into a fountain ornament by the addition of a length of lead
piping placed into the mouth of the lion. See Toynbee 1962: no. 47,
p. 148, pl. 51. |
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