CIMRM 665 - Lion-headed god. Florence, Italy.

665. White marble relief (H. 1.15 Br. 0.35). Galleria degli Uffizi. Dütschke, III 180f No. 367; Müller-Wieseler, Denkm., I, 967; MMM II 258f No. 101 and fig. 96; MM, Pl. II, 4; Hübner in JVA LVIII, 1876, Taf. VIII; Cook, Zeus, II (2), 1053 fig. 910. See fig. 188 by courtesy of the sopraintendenza alle Gallerie-Firenze. On a restored base a standing Aion with lion's head. His body is entwined by six windings of a serpent, which lays its head on that of the god. He has two wings attached to his hips and originally there were two more attached to his shoulders. In the r.h. he holds a key one tooth of which is still visible; in the other hand a sceptre, which partly has been broken off. Beside his r. leg one perceives a winding thunderbolt, ending in a human head.