Sacrifice scene depicted in the Roman fresco from Pompeii, now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. Two lares, in their characteristic clothing and poses, pour wine from the rython (Roman drinking horn) into the situla (Roman bucket). They stand to either side of a scene of sacrifice, carried out by the genius assisted by servants and a musician with double-flute. Beneath the scene a pair of serpents, bringers of prosperity and abundance, have reached the offering of eggs placed on an altar.

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