Roman sculpture, Musee de Langres, Langres, Haute-Marne, France

Child's funerary stela, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, erected by Musicus Sodalis, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 in the necropolis of the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Child's funerary stela, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, erected by Musicus Sodalis, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 in the necropolis of the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen