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White marble Roman altar with carved ram heads, fruit garlands and an eagle relief, on a stepped base with a moulded top.

Marble funerary altar

A white marble altar stands on a stepped base beneath a moulded lid with carved leaf ornament. Its sides carry relief garlands of fruit and leaves, with ram heads at the corners and an eagle-like bird between them, while a plain inscribed panel rises on the left.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 14–68 CE
Medium
Marble
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2978 × 3722 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 70).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1925

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