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HPL 2. High pedestal stand with lions' paws.<br />

Present loc<strong>at</strong>ion: Naval Museum, Capo Colonna.<br />

Description: This stand, possibly a support for a labrum (but other uses can not be<br />

excluded), is slightly shorter and larger in diameter than HPL 1 CC. It is in good st<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong><br />

preserv<strong>at</strong>ion, even if the surface seems to be more eroded than th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong> HPL 1 CC. The<br />

lions’ paws are not completely finished: a thick ring has been left on their upper surface,<br />

and the toes are not carved completely.<br />

Marble type: Pavonazzetto.<br />

Width: 0.765 m; Length: 0.765 m (lower level)<br />

Width: 0.687 m; Length: 0.690 m (upper level)<br />

Height: 0.51 m<br />

Diameter: 0.49 m<br />

Notes: Discovered on May 3, 1915.<br />

Bibliography: Report May 3, 1915; Orsi 1921, 494; Pensabene 1978, 114, fig. 5;<br />

Pensabene 2002a, 37; Ambrogi 2005, 356-7.<br />

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