Part of a sima from the northeastern roof corner of the Parthenon which ends in a grand lion-head. The animal’s head, with the wavy mane, the sharp teeth and the colours adorning it was an integral, purely decorative element given that its open mouth lacked a spout for water drainage.

Similar pseudo-spouts in the form of lion-heads adorned the remaining three temple corners. Today in its original place is only one of them. The spout exhibited in the Acropolis Museum weights 1,15 tons and was removed from the monument in 1988 with the scope to be protected as it was extensively damaged. It has been replaced by a copy made of artificial stone.