Menu
Search
Main Site Gandhara ConnectionsVase Corpus (CVA Online)
Search

38. Lions

Most of the types are Egyptian, contaminated with various Levantine and even Greek motifs.

A. Head with foreleg

West

38/1 Ibiza no. 138 (Madrid 37025). BL. II

Gem image

View larger image

38/2 Cagliari 7, from Tharros. BH;PB. Faced by profile head of satyr. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/3 Cagliari 9510 (Spano 62), from Tharros. AG pl. 15.90. BH. As the last. III

Gem image

View larger image

38/4 Cagliari 370, from Tharros. Anecd pl. 26.B29. BH. V

Gem image

View larger image


East

38/5 Munich no. 375, from Rhodes. AGGems no. 375. BH.

No image available


Other

38/6 Copenhagen NM. With limb? V

Gem image

View larger image


B. Seated with facing head

The type is Egyptian but not all the accompanying motifs.

West

38/7 Ibiza no. 88 (Madrid 37028). BH;EXCR. Head and forearm of Bes behind. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/8 Cagliari 371, from Tharros. Anecd pl. 24.B3; Hölbl, Sard no. 238. BH;EXnb. Lion forepart behind; star and disc-and-crescent above; double-crowned uraeus in front. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/9 Cagliari 19763, from Tharros. BL;EXCR. Ape seated on nbw behind; flying falcon above; double-crowned uraeus in front. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/10 Cagliari 19813, from Tharros. BL;EXCR. Disc-and-crescent behind; plant in front. Summary. II/III

Gem image

View larger image

38/11 Cagliari 19815, from Tharros. BH. Three plants (?) behind. III

Gem image

View larger image

38/12 Sassari, Mus. Sanna 2850 (Chessa), from Sardinia. Ebers, pl. H 85; RendVat 51/2 (1982) 302, fig. 1 (Moscati); Hölbl, Sard no. 237; Along the Routes 78. BL;EXnb. Forepart of Bes behind, holding tail; double-crowned uraeus in front; star above. III

Gem image

View larger image

38/13 Sclavo Coll., from Tharros. Marmora, pl. A 57; Hölbl, Sard no. 236bis. BL;EXCR. Uraeus in front; disc-and-crescent above.

Drawing of gem

View larger image

38/14 S. Carta Coll., from Tharros. Marmora, pl. A 56; Hölbl, Sard no. 236. BH;EXO. Uraeus in front and behind.

Drawing of gem

View larger image

38/15 Palermo 18083. RSF 14 (1986) pl. 26.2-3 (Verga). BL;EXO. Double-crowned uraeus in front; ape holding plume seated on nbw behind; flying falcon above.

No image available

38/16 Carthage no. 540, BH;EXnb. Bes upper part holds lion's tail; double-crowned uraeus in front; disc-and-crescent above. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/17 Carthage no. 541. BL; EXnb. As the last, but a fish above. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/18 From Alcacer do Sal (Portugal). Actas do II. Congr.Nac.de Arq., Coimbra (1971) 312-3, pl. 3.3. BL;EXnb. Crowned uraeus behind; staff (?) in front.

No image available


East

38/19 Paris, Bibl.Nat., de Clercq (E 25926). BH;EXnb. Bes head behind; disc-crowned uraeus in front; winged disc above.

No image available

38/20 Paris, Bibl.Nat., de Clercq no. 2500, pl. 16 (E 25907). Nunn no. 74. BL. Crocodile in exergue. Double-crowned uraeus in front; seated ape over nbw behind; flying vulture above. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/21 London market, from Lebanon. BL; in silver mount. Crocodile in exergue. Double-crowned uraeus in front; forepart of Bes holding a branch (?) behind; quadruped (?) above.

No image available


Other

38/22 London no. 280, pl. 5 (BM ANE 103306), 'from Byblos?'. Tassie, no. 68; AG pl. 7.34; Biblo pl. 5.16 (Gubel); RSF 8 (1980) pl. 4.6 (Bisi). BL;EXnb. Double-crowned uraeus in front; Bes upper part behind holding lion's tail; letter (?) above. I

No image available

38/23 Munich no. 220, pl. 24. BL;EXnb. Ape seated behind; winged disc above.

Gem image

View larger image

38/24 Private. As de Clercq no. 2500 but EXCR.

No image available


C. Seated, profile

West

38/25 Ibiza no. 137 (Ibiza 4568). BH;EXCR; on a silver hoop B. Long muzzle. IV

Gem image

View larger image

38/26 Visc. Asquer Coll., from Tharros. Marmora, pl. B 68. BL;EXCR. Two lions, paws raised, heads averted.

Drawing of gem

View larger image

38/27 Cagliari 354, from Tharros. BH. Head averted. III

No image available

38/28 Cagliari 19814, from Tharros. BL;EXnb. Paw raised; disc-and-crescent above. III

Gem image

View larger image

38/29 From the tophet, Sulcis. RSF 1 (1973) pl. 63.11 (Bartolini). BL. Front missing.

No image available


East

38/30 Jerusalem, Israel Museum 76-42 2381. BH;EXO. Head averted.

Gem image

View larger image


Other

38/31 Zurich market, NAAG Cat. 7 (1991) no. 70. In field four circles with centre dots.

No image available


D. Walking, crouching

West

38/32 Cagliari 19811, from Tharros. Atti I.Conv.Ital. pl. 13.5. BH. Head frontal; a letter (dalet/res) below. Bristling mane: style of the Greek Group of the Cyprus Lions (AGGems 130-2). I

Gem image

View larger image

38/33 Cagliari 9465 (Spano 77), from Tharros. BL. II

Gem image

View larger image

38/34 Cagliari 19819, from Tharros. BH;PB. Branch over back. IV

Gem image

View larger image

38/35 Cagliari 9545 (Spano 106), from Tharros. BH. III

Gem image

View larger image

38/36 Cagliari 381, from Tharros. BH; Anecd pl. 26.B30. BH. Head averted. III

Gem image

View larger image

38/37 Cagliari 15, from Tharros. BH, in silver mount and hoop A. Head averted.

Gem image (Large fragment)

View larger image

38/38 Paris, Cab.Med., once Lord Vernon Coll., from Tharros. Marmora, pl. B 60. BH. Head averted; branch before, ankh above.

Gem image

View larger image

38/39 Chessa Coll., from Tharros. Ebers, pl. H64; Hölbl, Sard no. 235. BL. Walking with head frontal (Greek style); winged disc above.

Gem image

View larger image

38/40 From Carthage. Arch.Viva I.2, 68, fig. 5 (tomb of first half of 5th century). BH.

No image available

38/41 Paris, BN, Pauvert no. 54, pl. 5, from Caserta. BH;EXnb. Head facing; two plants in front. I

No image available


East

38/42 Ashkelon 31188, from Ashkelon. CSAPI no. 60. BL. III

Gem image & drawing

View larger image

38/43 Jerusalem, Rockefeller Museum, from Tell abu Hawam. QDAP 4 (1985) 18, no. 47. BL.

No image available

38/44 Unknown, from Turkey. BL. Head averted.

No image available

38/45 Nicosia A.I. 2722, from Agia Irini. SCE II, pl. 250.7; Reyes, no. 106. BL.

Gem image

View larger image

38/46 Oxford III, no. 524 (1890.100), from Tartus. Nunn no. 84. Scaraboid. BH. III

Gem image

View larger image


Other

38/47 Paris, BN, Pauvert no. 53, pl. 5. BH;EXnb. Head facing; papyrus in front. I

No image available

38/48 Copenhagen NM. BL;EXCR. Head turned back; over seven tall flowers. VI

No image available

38/49 London, Hay.

No image available


E. Rolling

With hindlegs splayed. The head is turned back to the splayed rear legs. Cf. AGGems no. 401.

West

38/50 Ibiza no. 139 (Barcelona 9388). BH. I

Gem image

View larger image

38/51 Cagliari 9534 (Spano 85), from Tharros. BH. V

Gem image

View larger image

38/52 Cagliari 19812, from Tharros. AG pl. 15.84. BL; on silver hoop C. V

Gem image

View larger image


F. With cub

38/53 Bonn, Müller Coll. BH;PB. Head averted to suckling cub. A bud at the border in front.

Gem image

View larger image


G. Other

38/54 Nicosia A.I. 2707, from A. Irini. SCE II, pl. 250.2; Reyes, no. 105. BL;EXCR. Two rampant lions face each other. Disc-and-crescent above. III

Gem image

View larger image


Other materials

Type A

38/X1 Paris, BN, Pauvert no. 50, from Etruria. Cornelian. Beaded border. Forepart.

Gem image

View larger image


Type B

38/X2 Cagliari 19816, from Tharros. Cornelian. BH;EXnb; in gold mount and hoop A. A flower behind.

Gem image

View larger image


Type C

38/X3 Nicosia, from Kition. Kition II, no. 1072. Reyes, fig. 27b. Clay bulla. In thicket.

Gem image

View larger image


Type D

West

38/X4 Ibiza no. 237 (Ibiza 4247). Pale green glass.

Gem image

View larger image

38/X5 Cartagena Mus., from Cartagena. Padro, New 36.01. 'Yellowy-ochre siliceous'. BH; in a silver hoop B.

No image available

38/X6 Cagliari 15011, from Caralis. Agate. BH.

Gem image

View larger image

38/X7 Cagliari 391, from Tharros. Anecd pl. 26.B31. Agate. BH.

Gem image

View larger image

38/X8 Cagliari 9589 (Spano 79), from Tharros. Ebers, pl. G52; Hölbl, Sard no. 241. Cornelian. BH; EXnb. Recumbent; a large palm tree in the background.

Gem image

View larger image


East

38/X9 Boston 98.738, from Cyprus. AG pl. 61.8. Cornelian in gold hoop. B*;EXCR. Reclining in papyrus thicket.

Gem image

View larger image


Other

38/X10 Unknown; Impronti III, 146. EXCR. Reclining, facing head, in papyrus thicket.

No image available


Type E

38/X11 London no. 419, pl. 7, from Sardinia; LRings no. 1007. Cornelian. BH; on gold mount with wavy wire sides on a massive silver hoop A, with a knob within the hoop.

No image available

Site map Copyright Accessibility Privacy statement Contact us
Gandhara Connections
Gandhara Connections on Facebook
Gandhara Connections on Twitter
Back to top