Funerary stele with lions
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Funerary stele with lions
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Published 2018-08-21T12:23:03+00:00
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This stele portrays two antithetically placed seated lions. Similar early archaic funerary stelae from Cyprus were often crowned with lions or sphinxes. Sphinxes, mythical monsters and lions were considered to be apotropaic symbols and were often used in this sense in funerary stelae. The iconography has its origins in the Near East.
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| Date published | 21/08/2018 |
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| Title | Funerary stele with lions |
| Date | 6th century BC |
| Accession | 1941/X-6/1 (a) |
| Period | Ancient |
| Medium | Limestone |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Cyprus Archaeological Museum |
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