Statue of Neptune

3D Model

Found in four pieces in the Rhône river bed, this statue depicts Neptune, god of the sea and oceans. The inscription on the base attests that the statue has been erected in honour of a guild of boatmen to win their protective deity’s favor.

Pentelic marble (Greece)
Second half of the IInd c. - Second half of the IIIrd c.
Height 170 ; width 72,5 ; depth. 36 cm

Arles, Rhône excavations, 2007
RHO.2007.05.1966