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( inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
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English: Suovetaurilia (sacrifice of a pig, a sheep and a bull) to the god Mars, relief from the panel of a sarcophagus. Marble, Roman artwork, first half of the 1st century CE.
Français : Suovétaurile (sacrifice d'un porc, d'une brebis et d'un taureau) en l'honneur du dieu Mars, relief du panneau d'un sarcophage. Marbre, œuvre romaine, première moitié du Ier siècle de notre ère.
Dimensions H. 87 cm (34 ¼ in.), W. 2 m (6 ft. 6 ½ in.)
Credit line Grimani Collection in Venice; seized by Napoléon Bonaparte, 1797
Accession number Ma 1096 (MR 852)
Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, not currently on display
Photographer/source Jastrow (2005)


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