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Ceres as dapifer

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Ceres as dapifer, first quarter of 4th century A.D.
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei, inv. 84286

Ceres, whom Hyginus suggests we should identify with the constellation Virgo, wears a long tunic and holds a sheaf of corn ears in her left hand.