Lar

This youthful bronze figure wears a short tunic with copper inlaid stripes and open-toed boots with animal-skin liners. The figure’s arms are missing, but based on other surviving examples, they likely held a libation dish and cornucopia. Even without these attributes, the figure can be identified through dress and stance as a type of Lar, or domestic deity, known as the <em>Lar Familiaris</em> (Household Lar), standing in a characteristic "quiet pose." Other types of <em>Lares </em>include the <em>Lares Compitales</em> and <em>Lares Augusti</em> (Lares of crossroads and of Augustus, respectively).