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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.)
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, not currently on display
Accession number Ma 1096 (MR 852)
Credit line Grimani Collection in Venice; seized by Napoléon Bonaparte, 1797
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (January 2005)

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