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Stela with the Agathos Daimon

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Round-topped stela with at the top a representation in high relief of a winged sun disk, from which two uraei are hanging down. Underneath is a shrine or aedicula in which the snake god Agathos Daimon lies coiled on a cushion. The serpent is executed in very high relief. The shrine consists of a double cornice, supported on architraves by two lotus columns, and standing on a ledge. The wings of the sun disk and the lotus columns have been executed en detail, in contrast with the cornice and the body of the serpent. The stela was painted.

Present location

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number

APM 7795

Dating

ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

STELA

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HIGH RELIEF

Height

54.4 cm

Width

30 cm

Depth

11.9 cm

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