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Title: | Altar of the Lares Augusti | Start date: | -63 | End date: | 14 | Historical Period: | 1st millennium B.C. | Description: | Votive altar. On the front, three figures are depicted during a sacred rite: in the center, Augustus holding an augural staff with a chicken at his feet; on the left, a young man with a toga over his head (either Gaius or Lucius, one of Augustus' sons); and at the right, a woman holding a sacrificial dish (maybe Augustus' wife Livia). The inscription reads “To the Augustan Lares; when Imp. Casear Augustus for the thirteenth time and M. Plautius Silvanus were consuls; D. Oppius, freedman of Gaius; D. Lucilius, freedman of Decimus, Salvius; L. Brinnius, reedman of Gaius, Princeps; L. Furius, freedman of Lucius, Salvius; chief officers of the district Sandaliarus.” The altar was found during the Fascist era in the excavations of Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome. |
Place: | Galleria degli Uffizi, Italy | Languages: | No linguistic content; Not applicable | Medium: | marble (rock) | Project: | BYZART Project | Fond: | UNIBO Europeana Archaeology | Physical type: | altars (religious fixtures) | Material and technique: | relief (sculpture techniques) | Data provider: | University of Bologna | License: |
Appears in Collections: | BYZART |
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