Inv. n°: MMoCA443
Roman Bronze Attachment from a Ship
Heavy, partly hollow-cast bronze with a bust of portrait of the Roman Goddess Juno. The solid head of the youthfully portrayed Goddess wears a laurel wreath and a diadem, the elaborate hairstyle ending in two braids. Three smaller holes on the crown (to attach adornments ?) and a heavy suspension ring. The curved sheathing box has four larger attachment holes.
Provenance
Publications
- , Auction 58, Munich
- , "Roman Militaria", Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France
- , L'armée romaine la puissance et la gloire, Arles
- Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology
Exhibitions
- Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
- , Musée de départemental de l’Arles antique, Arles, France, 15th December 2018 — 22nd April 2019
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