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A lion-faced deity from Bernard de Montfaucon's L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures. Although the figure frequently appears on so-called "Gnostic" gems, we do not know what it represented in an ancient context. The figure is sometimes labeled "Iao."

A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon's L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures.

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current14:12, 5 June 2006205×252 (22 KB)Tomisti (A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon's ''L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures'' may be a depiction of the Demiurge. From English Wikipedia: en:Image:Lion-faced deity.jpg {{PD-Old}} [[Category:Gnosticism)