Two Men, One Lituus

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In my Minucius article I discussed the below glasspaste but failed to include the one above.

Thorvaldsen

This one below is so similar and yet the lituus has become a scepter and the right hand man doesn’t appear to have his hair covered.

RRC 242, RRC 243

When writing that article I also wish I’d thought more about this article

La Follette, Laetitia. “PARSING PIETY: THE SACRED STILL LIFE IN ROMAN RELIEF SCULPTURE.” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 56/57 (2011): 15–35. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24616435.

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