Roman Altar: "Ara Casali" (detail: a dejected Vulcan)

            A Roman marble altar dedicated by Ti. Claudius Faventinus, now in the Vatican Museums (Atrio del Torso).  The dedicatory inscription (partially visible) is framed with a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. On the top right the Roman Vulcan (the Greek Hephaistos) with his blacksmith's tongs cradled in his left arm, looks rather dejectedly upon a scene of his wife, Venus, who has been caught in bed with her lover Mars. 
Other names: Ara di Vulcano
Location: Vatican Museums inv. 1186; gift to Pope Pius VI by Antonio Casali in 1772.
Dimensions: H: 68 cm; W: 38 cm; D: 33 cm.
Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS FAVENTINVS D. D. [CIL 6.31098]
   

Taken on: November 2, 2011

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