Figured Capital. 3rd century AD, Lunense and Pavonazzetto marble - This architectural fragment has an extremely original composition and was probably part of a monument. There is an interesting hypothesis thet it was part of the interior decoration of the so-called temple of Minerva Medica. The centre of the capital is decorated with a drunken Dionysus, held up by a Satyr - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy

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Figured Capital. 3rd century AD, Lunense and Pavonazzetto marble - This architectural fragment has an extremely original composition and was probably part of a monument. There is an interesting hypothesis thet it was part of the interior decoration of the so-called temple of Minerva Medica. The centre of the capital is decorated with a drunken Dionysus, held up by a Satyr - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy

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Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
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