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Two primary iconographic variants exist: one depicting a cross-legged woman with a deceased infant and another portraying a woman with a living child
Roman Bronze Nail limebox intricate metalworkThe Roman Empire, c. 100300 AD A fascinating ancient Roman nail, cast in bronze, featuring a conical head and a four faceted, slightly bent shaft tapering to a worn point. Roman nails of this type were meticulously crafted by legionary metalworkers in their workshops (fabricae), who smelted ore and hand forged square section nails with flattened, pyramid shaped heads. Larger examples were used in the construction of wooden fortifications and roofs of