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__ **Water spouts in the form of a lion mask** __
ca. 100 b.c. –100 A.D. Late Hellenistic or Early Roman Greece - Roman; Said to be from Kourion Bronze H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874-76 (74.51.5677-5678)

These impressive objects must have adorned a monumental public fountain house, probably in one of the more important Cypriot - a native or inhabitant of Cyprus(an island republic in the Mediterranean cities. The heads are attached to a bronze tube, encased in lead, of about 2 3/4 inches (7 cm) in length.

 [|Source:] [|Bronze waterspout in the form of a lion mask [Greco-Roman; Said to be from Kourion (74.51.5677-5678) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

A (sort of) look into the past: Ancient Rome was a city that men ruled. Fathers owned everything, The house, wife, children, land, ans slaves. If he wanted to he could sell his children into slavery. The women had rights only if their husbands had money power.

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