Relief of the 2nd century AD dedicated to the goddess Vesta, guardian of the hearth and patroness of the millers' guild, set up at the expense of the baker Pupius Firminus and his wife Mudasena Trophima

Relief of the 2nd century AD dedicated to the goddess Vesta, guardian of the hearth and patroness of the millers' guild, set up at the expense of the baker Pupius Firminus and his wife Mudasena Trophima. In one hand Vesta holds a sceptre, in the other a plate of delicacies, apparently little loaves; a serpent coils about the goddess's throne and tastes the dishes from her platter. Kept in the Altes Museum, Berlin

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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Relief of the 2nd century AD dedicated to the goddess Vesta, guardian of the hearth and patroness of the millers' guild, set up at the expense of the baker Pupius Firminus and his wife Mudasena Trophima

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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