Sacred Athena

Minerva in swirling bronze drapery

Bronze statuette of Minerva, 2nd century CE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.192.51.

Bronze statuette of Minerva, 2nd century CE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.192.51.

Caption note This is Roman Minerva and only 12.7 cm high. Missing hand-held attributes should not be silently reconstructed. The online record supplies no secure sanctuary or ritual context.

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