Art Funded
Funerary sculpture of lioness
© National Museum of Scotland
Roman
National Museum of Scotland
200 - 300
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.
- Medium: sandstone
- Dimensions: 55 x 46 x 152 cm
- Art Fund Grant: £10000 ( Total: £50,000)
- ArtFunded in: 1997
- Vendor: Queen's & Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
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
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