Category:Gabii altar

**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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Instance of	altar;
Depicts	Venus, Mars, Cupid, Jupiter, Minerva, Apollo, Juno, Neptune, Vulcan, Mercury, Vesta, Diana and Ceres
Made from material	marble;
Location	salle du Manège, Denon Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Creator	unknown value;
Location of discovery	Gabii;
Owned by	French State;
Location of creation	Italy;
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;
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	Q106936867; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010278980
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Preserved in the Louvre collections and also named "altar of the twelve gods", in marble and dating from the 1st century AD, it comes from Gabii (Pantano site) in Italy. This curious object (undoubtedly a zodiacal or astrological altar) is decorated with the signs of the zodiac and busts of the twelve Roman gods identified by their attribute : Venus united to Mars by the little Cupid, Jupiter and his thunderbolt, helmeted Minerva, Apollo then Juno with a scepter, Neptune and his trident, Vulcan with a scepter, Mercury and his caduceus, Vesta, Diana and her quiver and finally Ceres.