Nilotic scene
Painted frieze of the Grand columbarium of the Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome.
Late 1st cent. BCE — late 1st cent. CE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle TermePhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Nilotic scene.

Painted frieze of the Grand columbarium of the Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome.
Late 1st cent. BCE — late 1st cent. CE.

Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme).

Origin:
Excavations of 1820—1830.
Credits:
© 2015. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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