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Source Description
Each Roman household had a "lararium," or household shrine, in which small bronze figurines of deities, including "lares" (the divinities protecting the house) were displayed. The master of the house would make daily offerings at the shrine, as well as more ceremonial offerings on important occasions.This small figurine was found together with six others (Walters 54.747-54.749, 54.751, and 54.2290 ) in a "lararium" at Boscoreale, the site of a Roman villa near Pompeii. A "Genius" (or priest) stood before the household deities, Isis-Fortuna, Mercury, a seated Jupiter, Alexander Helios, and a standing Jupiter. These were divinities the family particularly venerated for the continuing good fortune of the household.
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Document identity
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18946
label
Seated Jupiter
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Source metadata
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18946
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object
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normalized
title
Seated Jupiter
description
Each Roman household had a "lararium," or household shrine, in which small bronze figurines of deities, including "lares" (the divinities protecting the house) were displayed. The master of the house would make daily offerings at the shrine, as well as more ceremonial offerings on important occasions.This small figurine was found together with six others (Walters 54.747-54.749, 54.751, and 54.2290 ) in a "lararium" at Boscoreale, the site of a Roman villa near Pompeii. A "Genius" (or priest) stood before the household deities, Isis-Fortuna, Mercury, a seated Jupiter, Alexander Helios, and a standing Jupiter. These were divinities the family particularly venerated for the continuing good fortune of the household.
provenance
Excavated by Ferruccio de Prisco, 1903, at the Villa del Fondo Acunzo, Boscoreale; C & E. Canessa, New York, Paris, and Naples, by 1906, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century CE (Roman Imperial)
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CC0
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en
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Metal
figurines
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2
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2
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import
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cm
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8.6
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5.9
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5.9
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with base: 3 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 in. (8.59 x 5.85 x 5.9 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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cast bronze
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6191
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ROM
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1979
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1
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photo
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photo
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