S36.3 RIVER GOD

Museum Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Archive Number: TBA
Title: "River God "
Class: Free-standing statue 
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Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

A river god reclining in the waters of his stream, holding a cornucopia (horn of plenty) rimming with fruit, and resting his arm on a crocodile and putto (infant). He may represent the Nile.

ARTICLES

Potamoi