Artefact: Plaster cast of Statue of Augustus
Museum: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Date of Original: between 20-15 BCE
Location of Original: Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, near Rome
Culture: ...
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Artefact: Plaster cast of Statue of Augustus
Museum: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Date of Original: between 20-15 BCE
Location of Original: Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, near Rome
Culture: ...
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