Image: Grande Ludovisi Altemps Inv8574 n4
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Description: African soldier playing the cornu (curved trumpet). Detail of the so-called “Grande Ludovisi” sarcophagus, with battle scene between Roman soldiers and Germans. Proconnesian marble, Roman artwork, ca. 251/252 CE. Found in 1621 near the Tiburtina Gate in Rome.
Title: Grande Ludovisi Altemps Inv8574 n4
Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen (September 2009)
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