Category:Altar twelve gods (Louvre, Ma 666)

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<nowiki>autel de Gabies; Gabii altar; autel zodiacal ou astrologique découvert à Gabies en Italie ; marbre du premier siècle et figurant douze dieux romains associés aux signes du Zodiac; preserved in the Louvre collections, in marble and dating from the 1st century AD, it comes from Gabii (Pantano site) in Italy ; decorated with the signs of the zodiac and busts of twelve Romans gods; autel des douze dieux; altar of the twelve gods</nowiki>
Gabii altar 
preserved in the Louvre collections, in marble and dating from the 1st century AD, it comes from Gabii (Pantano site) in Italy ; decorated with the signs of the zodiac and busts of twelve Romans gods
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Depicts
Venus, Mars, Cupid, Jupiter, Minerva, Apollo, Juno, Neptune, Vulcan, Mercury, Vesta, Diana and Ceres
Made from material
Locationsalle du Manège, Denon Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Creator
  • unknown value
Location of discovery
Owned by
  • French State
Location of creation
Collection
  • Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre
  • Borghese Collection (–1807)
Inventory number
  • Ma 666 (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre)
Inception
  • 1st century
Time of discovery or invention
  • 1792
Diameter
  • 85 cm
Authority file
Wikidata Q106936867
Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010278980
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English: Altar of the twelve gods, use unknown: maybe the brink of a well or an Zodiac altar. The object represents the twelve gods of the Roman pantheon, each identified by an attribute: Venus and Mars linked by Cupid, Jupiter and a lightning bolt, Minerva wearing a helmet, Apollo, Juno and her sceptre, Neptune and his trident, Vulcan and his sceptre, Mercury and his caduceus, Vesta, Diana and her quiver and Ceres. Marble, found in Gabii (Italy), 1st century CE.
Français : Autel des douze dieux. Objet d'usage non identifié : peut-être la margelle d'un puits ou un autel zodiacal. Il représente les douze dieux du panthéon romain, chacun identifié par un attribut : Vénus et Mars reliés par Cupidon, Jupiter et le foudre, Minerve casquée, Apollon, Junon et son sceptre, Neptune et son trident, Vulcain et son sceptre, Mercure et son caducée, Vesta, Diane et son carquois et Cérès. Marbre, découvert à Gabies (Italie), Ier siècle ap. J.-C.

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