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English: Panel of an ivory diptych, dated to the year 402, that bears the Symmachus family monogram and depicts the apotheosis of a mortal (probably Q. Aurelius Symmachus himself). He appears below in an elephant-drawn litter beside a funeral pyre topped by an image of the Sun god in a chariot, while two eagles ascend heavenward. Above, the man reappears, led into heaven by two genii; five persons, perhaps his ancestors, await him there. The Sun god observes the scene from near a portion of the zodiac (six signs can be seen). Property of the British Museum, temporarily on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Interlingua: Pannello de un diptycho in ebore, datate del anno 402, que porta le cifra del familia de Symmacho e depinge le apotheose de un mortal (probabilemente Q. Aurelio Symmacho ipse). Iste appare in basso in un carro a elephantes al latere de un pyra funebre, surmontate de un imagine del deo Sol al quadriga, durante que aquilas ascende verso le celos. In alto, le homine reappare, conducte in le celos per duo genios; cinque personas, pot'esser su ancestres, le attende la. Le deo Sol observa le sceno de presso un portion del zodiaco (sex signos pote vider se). Proprietate del British Museum, temporarimente exposite in le Art Institute of Chicago.
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