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Cast of a relief, perhaps the side of a Roman altar or funerary urn
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SM M1337. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Lewis Bush
Cast of a relief, perhaps the side of a Roman altar or funerary urn
Plaster cast
Museum number: M1337
On display: Drawing Office - also known as the Students Room (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
A central eagle above a garland suspended between two ram's heads, typical of the kind often found at the corners of Roman altars or cineraria. The depth of the cast and especially of the ram's heads seems to indicate that it is a cast of one side of a rectangular box or base.
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