Amphipolis Lion monument

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The Amphipolis Lion monument is a large ancient marble funerary sculpture near Amphipolis in northern Greece, believed to commemorate a distinguished military figure from the late 4th century BCE.

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Label Occurrences
Amphipolis Lion monument canonical 1
Amphipolis tumulus complex 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ
funerary monument ⓘ
lion sculpture ⓘ
artStyle late Classical Greek ⓘ
associatedWith Amphipolis tumulus complex ⓘ
Macedonian military aristocracy ⓘ
category ancient Greek funerary art ⓘ
outdoor sculpture in Greece ⓘ
constructionTechnique ashlar masonry blocks ⓘ
coordinates approximately 40.816°N 23.854°E ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culture ancient Greek ⓘ
currentCondition partially restored ⓘ
dedicatedTo distinguished military figure ⓘ
depicts lion ⓘ
discoveredIn 1912 ⓘ
estimatedConstructionDate late 4th century BCE ⓘ
function commemorative monument ⓘ
height approximately 8 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological monument of Greece ⓘ
iconography seated lion ⓘ
inception 4th century BCE ⓘ
locatedIn Amphipolis ⓘ
Central Macedonia ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
locatedNear Strymon River ⓘ
linked to: Strymonas River

ancient city of Amphipolis ⓘ
linked to: Amphipolis
managedBy Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
notableFor monumental scale ⓘ
symbolic association with military valor ⓘ
orientation facing the Strymon River ⓘ
owner Hellenic Republic ⓘ
linked to: Greece
partOf archaeological site of Amphipolis ⓘ
probableDate after the death of Alexander the Great ⓘ
reconstruction 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
region Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)
setting open-air riverside location ⓘ
significantPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
use funerary monument ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amphipolis → hasArchaeologicalSite → Amphipolis Lion monument ⓘ
Amphipolis Lion monument → associatedWith → Amphipolis tumulus complex ⓘ
linked to: Amphipolis Lion monument