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Limestone stela with flat top and relief. Four registers. Above stands a bearded deity (Saturn) holding a "falx" (knife for cutting vines) in his right hand with his left hand is raised to his head. He wears a himition which leaves his chest bare. The bottom part of his body goes down to the register below. He is flanked by Dioscuri who wear belted tunics; their horses face forward. Below this a man and a woman stand in arches on either side of an altar, holding offerings, one hand over the altar. A large basket sits on the floor beside the woman who wears a stylised sleeved tunic and short mantle. The man also wears a stylised sleeved tunic and a mantle which comes across the waist and over his left arm. Below is a man with a bull. He wears a long belted tunic and holds a staff or cattle prod. On the other side of the bull is a figure wearing a long robe with a large basket on his head. In the bottom register are three supporting figures facing front. The eyes of the figures are inci… (See Merlin record for full description)
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