Plate Depicting Hercules Wrestling the Nemean Lion

Photograph from above of a silver plate depicting Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion. A tree is depicted on the right and a round object atop a pillar appears on the left. Below the figures' feet are a club, a bow, and an empty quiver.

Plate Depicting Hercules Wrestling the Nemean Lion

Medium:: Silver

Dimensions:: H. 6 cm; Diam. 40.3 cm

Context:: Massa-Carrara, Italy

Date:: Roman, 500–600 CE

Inventory Number:: inv. 56.345

Lender:: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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