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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe Geranio, post: 393950, member: 4473&quot;]Fragment of a relief of a double Suovetaurilia sacrifice, Julio Claudian period.&nbsp; 25-50 A.D.? Grey-veined marble , 230 x 180 cm.&nbsp; The Louvre (MA 1096-MR852 - N 1119). Cat. no. 31. Discovered in Rome in the late 15th century, then part of the Grimaldi collection, it was seized in 1798 during the revolution and exchanged in 1816.&nbsp; These purification rites involved the sacrifice of a pig, ram, and bull led by a priest, most probably the emperor.&nbsp; His face and those of several of the other figures were restored after it was found.&nbsp; Text paraphrased from article.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Courtesy Photo Prof. John Pollini)</p><p><br /></p><p>Joe Geranio[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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