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2006-11-30 05:03:14 · 13 answers · asked by jk_lll 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I think it is possibly a type of gargoyle
2006-11-30 10:25:02 · answer #1 · answered by Kari 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could consider it a "relief" (in the art meaning).
relief: the projection of a figure or part from the ground or plane on which it is formed, as in sculpture or similar work.
The guy below might be right about Aqua Sulis..it does look similar.
"Perhaps the most famous image from Aqua Sulis is the masculine Medusa head on the main temple pediment:
Gorgon of Aquae Sulis
This is a most remarkable image relating the classical Greek myth of Perseus and the Gorgon with the Celtic goddess Sulis and by inference, the Roman goddess Minerva. The Celtic influence in this image has transformed the female gorgon into a male, bearded face. The locks of hair can represent not only waves of the sea, but also rays of the sun, again linking both fire and water to the sacred spring. Snakes in the beard leave little doubt of the Medusa relationship. Wings on with side of the head suggest a relation with air and the stone of the figure with earth. Thus this single Celtic image combines the 4 elements, earth, air, fire and water in a composite whole which hearkens from the Celts through the Romans to the Greeks and, as a predecessor to the Greenman, to the future."
2006-11-30 05:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by aperson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stone face or stone sculpture of a human face mounted into a wall. I believe this was in the movie Roman Holiday where the girl put her hand in the mouth and had to tell the truth or it would be bitten off- I think it's still a tourist site.
2006-11-30 05:09:10 · answer #3 · answered by stklotto 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an ancient Sewer cover - and if my memory serves me correctly it is Aqaue Sulis from Bath.
2006-11-30 06:02:56 · answer #4 · answered by Al 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
looks like the green man to me
2006-12-01 18:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by sashs.geo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scary face on a plate
2006-11-30 05:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by Arlette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ugly coin it looks like
2006-11-30 05:06:49 · answer #7 · answered by gonzo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing beacuse it doesn't speak lol
2006-11-30 05:07:45 · answer #8 · answered by My name's MUD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
santa
2006-11-30 05:05:39 · answer #9 · answered by miss oxon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello as well
2006-11-30 05:59:02 · answer #10 · answered by sahsag 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋