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Architectural cornice with lion protome dripstone

    • Provenienza:
      Syracuse, foundation excavations in Via Buon Riposo at S. Lucia
    • Data:
      Late 3rd century BC
    • Materiali:
      Polychrome limestone
    • Dimensioni:
      length 75 cm, height 16 cm, depth 25.5 cm
    • Collocazione:
      Syracuse, Museo Archeologico Regionale “Paolo Orsi”
    • Inventario:
      inv. 32088
  • Architectural cornice with lion protome dripstone

Probably belonging to a small building and typical of the Syracusan workshop tradition in limestone carving. Covered with bright polychromy, it is the upper portion, between the lion heads, of a double Hieronian kyma.