Altar with niche. Limestone. Restored from 2 pieces. A fragment is missing at the front left in the middle. Nehalennia sitting on a seat placed on a low stage. The niche has a shell-shaped canopy. Pilasters decorated with plant motifs. With the left hand she holds a small bowl of fruit on the left knee, in the right hand she has an object. On her right side is a dog whose head is missing. On the left is a basket of fruits. Both sides have 2 registers. The bottom register on the right has become almost completely unknowable due to weathering, presumably there was a vase with plants on it. Top
Altar with niche. Limestone. Restored from 2 pieces. A fragment is missing at the front left in the middle. Nehalennia sitting on a seat placed on a low stage. The niche has a shell-shaped canopy. Pilasters decorated with plant motifs. With the left hand she holds a small bowl of fruit on the left knee, in the right hand she has an object. On her right side is a dog whose head is missing. On the left is a basket of fruits. Both sides have 2 registers. The bottom register on the right has become almost completely unknowable due to weathering, presumably there was a vase with plants on it. Top right upward plant, topped by a pine cone (?). The left side is too weathered for anything, altar, stone, limestone, x 54 x cm, 252 kg, roman 150-250, the Netherlands, Zeeland, Noord-Beveland, Colijnsplaat, Oosterschelde
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