Pompeii. House of the Vettii. Lararium. Two Lares, holding a rhyton, flank a genius with a libation bowl and incense box, his head covered for a sacrifice. The snake, associated with the prosperity, approaches an altar. The tympanum shows a patera, an ox skull and a sacrificial knife. Italy.

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Photo credit: © Prisma Archivo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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