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Marble altar dedicated to the Egyptian gods: a kneeling man in Egyptian dress offers two birds to a deity. To either side of him are screens protecting the cult statue in a shrine and ibises with palm-fronds in their beaks, and sun-disks with serpents over their heads. On the left side of the altar is the bull-god Apis. On the right is a priest reading from a scroll and a member of the cult holding a torch. On the back a youthful personification of Spring crowns himself with roses.
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