Английская Википедия:Bear of Porcuna

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Шаблон:Infobox artwork The Bear of Porcuna is a sculpture dated from the 1st century BC depicting a bear or a lioness leaning on a herma. It is exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, Spain.

The artifact was found in 1926 in Porcuna—the Roman Obulco—, most specifically in the calle del Sepulcro, during the building works of an oil mill.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

The animal (a bear or a lioness)Шаблон:Sfn is depicted resting on its hindquarters.Шаблон:Sfn The animal is leaning its front left leg on a herma, featuring a beardless male head.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The presence of the herma in the composition strongly suggests a Roman-era dating.Шаблон:Sfn Regarding the Roman hypothesis, there are tentative datings from either the time of Augustus or somewhat later in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.Шаблон:Sfn

It unmistakably served a funerary purpose.Шаблон:Sfn

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