Leona de Baena - Madrid, España
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N 40° 25.425 W 003° 41.318
30T E 441583 N 4475018
En la sala 11 del Museo Arqueológico Nacional // In room 11 of the National Archaeological Museum
Waymark Code: WM1C84X
Location: Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Date Posted: 06/29/2025
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
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[ES] “Escultura que representa a una leona tumbada en actitud amenazante. Su boca entreabierta ofrece una dentadura con piezas rectangulares y anchas. Ojos de forma ovalada y orejas con forma lanceolada y echadas hacia detrás. El animal está sentado sobre las cuatro patas. Se conservan íntegras las dos traseras y, en las delanteras, falta la parte de las garras. Toda la pieza apoya sobre un pedestal.

Está tallada únicamente por su cara frontal ya que la posterior se adosaría a uno de los lados del monumento funerario que protegía.

La presencia de esculturas de animales reales o míticos protegiendo simbólicamente los monumentos funerarios correspondientes a personajes destacados y, por tanto, a los difuntos que albergaban, era una de las características de las necrópolis ibéricas de los siglos VI y V a.C.

Las influencias orientales y griegas se hacen patentes en las técnicas y la estética escultórica. Estas esculturas se esculpían sobre piedras blandas, calizas o areniscas (en este caso caliza), con cinceles, gubias y punteros.”

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[EN] “This sculpture represents a lioness lying down in a threatening attitude. Its half-open mouth displays teeth with wide, rectangular teeth. Oval-shaped eyes and lance-shaped ears laid back. The animal sits on all fours. The two hind legs are intact, while the front ones are missing the claws. The entire piece rests on a pedestal.

It is carved only on its front side, as the back would have been attached to one side of the funerary monument it protected.

The presence of sculptures of real or mythical animals symbolically protecting the funerary monuments of prominent figures and, therefore, the deceased they housed, was one of the characteristics of Iberian necropolises of the 6th and 5th centuries BC.

Oriental and Greek influences are evident in the sculptural techniques and aesthetics. These sculptures were carved on soft stones, limestone or sandstone (in this case limestone), with chisels, gouges and pointers.”

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Physical Address:
Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Calle Serrano, 13
Madrid, España


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