Stela, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Merida, Extremadura, Spain

Funerary stela of Sentia Amarantis, commissioned by her husband Sentio Victor, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, Roman, marble, late 2nd - 3rd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The relief depicts the deceased in a tavern or thermopolium, filling a jug with wine from a barrel. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC21_SPAIN_MC_1107.jpg

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Manuel Cohen

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