Heads of animals
Decorative covers of ends of cantilevered beams of a ship.
Brass.
Reign of Caligula (37-41 CE).
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle TermePhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Heads of animals.

Decorative covers of ends of cantilevered beams of a ship.
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).
Credits:
© 2017. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
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