Statuette of a water-carrier
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Roman work inspired by a Greek original from the early 5th century B.C.
Material and technique:
Rosso antico marble
Origin:
From Poggio Mirteto, Latium
Inventory:
Inv. MB 116
Found at Poggio Mirteto, in the land of the Sabines, in a small temple dedicated to Iuppiter Liber, a deity who represented a combination of Jove and Dionysus. The statuette is Roman-era work inspired by 5th-century B.C. Greek models.
Opere del percorso
The hall
Room 6 displays numerous original Greek reliefs and sculptures, some votive works and others funerary.
