Altar with niche. Limestone. Deviating type in that the lower part with the inscription is very low (only 33 high) and the statue of the goddess is very large. The statue fills the entire niche, from which the roof has disappeared. Nehalennia sitting, in the right hand she holds a cable attached to the stem of a boat, in the left hand she carries a staff (or spear?). Restored from 4 fragments. This altar is not described in the exhibition guide Deae Nehalenniae because it was only restored in October 1971., altar, stone, limestone, x x 22 cm, roman 150-250, the Netherlands, Zeeland

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Altar with niche. Limestone. Deviating type in that the lower part with the inscription is very low (only 33 high) and the statue of the goddess is very large. The statue fills the entire niche, from which the roof has disappeared. Nehalennia sitting, in the right hand she holds a cable attached to the stem of a boat, in the left hand she carries a staff (or spear?). Restored from 4 fragments. This altar is not described in the exhibition guide Deae Nehalenniae because it was only restored in October 1971., altar, stone, limestone, x x 22 cm, roman 150-250, the Netherlands, Zeeland, Noord-Beveland, Colijnsplaat, Oosterschelde

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