Votive Altar to Terra Mater

1st century CE (Roman Imperial)

46.3 cm 81.5 cm 40 cm

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This inscription records a vow to Terra Mater (Mother Earth) made by Aurelia Flavia Iuliana. On the right side is a relief depiction of a patera (offering dish), and on the left a vase. The back is cut off, and the base and top are unfinished.

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First recorded by Joseph Marie de Suarès in 1662 near the church of S. Cesario, Rome. Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna, Rome, by 1699. Don Marcello Massarenti, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 53 (?)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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