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Youth with Pig
2nd century CE (Roman Imperial)
bronze
The wreathed attendant (victimarius) leads the sacrificial pig presumably toward an altar. This section may have been part of a larger composition including a sacrificial ram and a bull known as a suovetaurilia (sus=pig, ovis=sheep, taurus=bull).
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William A. Allen, Philadelphia, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1957, by purchase.
Measurements
Overall: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds provided by the Sales & Accessions Purchase Fund, 1957
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2429