Shell with three women.
1st c BCE-4th c CE Roman Roman Provincial Sculpture
GALLO-ROMAN Anonymous
(active 1st c BCE - 4th c CE)
c. 99 BCE-399 CE
1st c BCE-4th c CE
Stone
Carved
Roman Provincial
architectural ornament
France.
Lyon. Musee gallo-romain de Fourviere.
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The woman in the center holds a swaddled baby. Each of the two women on either side hold a patera and a cornucopia (horn of plenty). A griffin head is at top.
Caption:
GALLO-ROMAN Anonymous | Shell with three women. | c. 99 BCE-399 CE | Roman | Roman Provincial | ©Kathleen Cohen