Head of Medusa
Decorative cover of an end of cantilevered beam of a ship.Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE). Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle TermePhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Head of Medusa.
Decorative cover of an end of cantilevered beam of a ship.
Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE).
Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE).
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme).
Origin:
From the bottom of Lake Nemi (1932).
Description:
This bronze decorative piece belonged to the first of the two ships recovered from the bottom of Lake Nemi in 1932.
Credits:
© 2017. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
Data: museum annotation.
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