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LPL 2. Low pedestal stand with lions' paws.<br />

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

Description: This artifact is well preserved, even though it exhibits some marine erosion<br />

and is mildly encrusted. Its shape is identical to th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong> MPL 1. The Greek letter “H” has<br />

been carved on the upper disc, and a bent nail, probably <strong>of</strong> copper and presumably from<br />

the ship’s hull, is concreted to one <strong>of</strong> its edges.<br />

Marble type: Pavonazzetto. 329<br />

Width: 1.15 m; Length: 1.15 m (lower level)<br />

Width: 0.92 m; Length: 0.94 m (upper level)<br />

Height: 0.38 m<br />

Diameter: 0.68 m<br />

Nail’s length: 0.10 m<br />

Notes: Discovered on May 2, 1915.<br />

Bibliography: Report May 2, 1915; Orsi 1921, 494; Pensabene 1978, 108; Pensabene<br />

2002a, 37.<br />

329 Pensabene 1978, 108.<br />

225

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