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407-6899 IT - Roma - Vatican Museum - Heracles of the Theatre of Pompey, gilded - 2nd century AD
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This was found buried under tiles indicating the statue had been struck by lightning. Was it thought to have lost the life it needed to be a ritual object by the lightning strike and so buried? Wikipedia reference: Hercules of the Forum Boarium
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