Name:	Corbridge Lion
Picture:
Description:	Corbridge (Corstopitum). Corbridge Museum. H. 0.7m. Lion devouring a stag. The lion stands atop the crushed stag, its mouth wide in a snarl, its nose wrinkled and its eyes staring. Its claws are hooked into the stag's body, holding its antlers, and its tail lashes around its hindlegs. The stag has collapsed and lies on the ground, eyes closed, tongue lolling from its mouth.
Date:	100-300 A.D.
Discussion:	Discovered in a water cistern, this was originally a tomb monument. It was later adapted into a fountain ornament by the addition of a length of lead piping placed into the mouth of the lion. See Toynbee 1962: no. 47, p. 148, pl. 51.