© National Museum of Scotland
Funerary sculpture of lioness
Artist: Roman
Location: National Museum of Scotland
Date: 200 - 300
Materials: sandstone
Dimensions: 55 x 46 x 152 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £50,000)
Vendor: Queen's & Lord Treasurer's Rembrances
Review number: 4505 (1997)
Provenance:
Discovered in Jan 1997 in River Almond beside Roman fort at Cramond, Edinburgh. Retrieved in a excavation and claimed as Treasure Trove by the Crown. Allocated by Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer to NMS and Edin. City M & G as joint owners
Description:
Depicts a lioness poised to devour a nude bearded male figure, with his head in her mouth and her paws holding his shoulders. On plinth, emerging from under the lioness' belly, are two snakes. A tomb monument - roman funerary symbolism.
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