Bloc of the monument called "to the arms of March". Limestone. Gallo-Roman time, high-Empire. Paris, Carnavalet museum. One of the faces is decorated with a pattern of nested leaves. This decor has been removed, perhaps later, to represent a tricephale character dressed in a belted tunic and a coat; He carries a head of ram in his left hand and, in the right, an object identified as a scholarship. These elements made it possible to recognize an iconographic type linked to the Mercury God. The other face includes the representation of an almost naked young child, playing with an egrette head to
Bloc of the monument called "to the arms of March". Limestone. Gallo-Roman time, high-Empire. Paris, Carnavalet museum. One of the faces is decorated with a pattern of nested leaves. This decor has been removed, perhaps later, to represent a tricephale character dressed in a belted tunic and a coat; He carries a head of ram in his left hand and, in the right, an object identified as a scholarship. These elements made it possible to recognize an iconographic type linked to the Mercury God. The other face includes the representation of an almost naked young child, playing with an egrette head too large for him. This scene, associated with the other blocks, made it possible to read an allegorical image of the triumph of love on warrior force, here represented in the features of young children being part of the procession of Venus and having fun with weapons stolen from weapons. Mars, God of war. Antiquity, bas-relief, block, limestone, Roman divinity, Gallo-Roman time, High Empire, Monument, stone, monumental door, soldier, ancient
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Keywords: antique, antiquite, bas-relief, bloc, calcaire, divinite, epoque, gallo-romaine, haut-empire, monument, monumentale, pierre, porte, romaine, soldat
