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Sculpture, Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Statue of young Ethiopian slave holding a tray on which lamps and instruments for lighting them were placed, known as El Negret or Little Black Boy, Roman bronze sculpture, 1st – 2nd century AD, Early Imperial period, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was made using the lost wax process and was found in a house in the port area of Tarraco. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Statue of young Ethiopian slave holding a tray on which lamps and instruments for lighting them were placed, known as El Negret or Little Black Boy, Roman bronze sculpture, 1st – 2nd century AD, Early Imperial period, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was made using the lost wax process and was found in a house in the port area of Tarraco. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen