Captured Native stone carving

Two Roman sculpted stone panels, believed to feature the earliest known portraits in Wales, are on display for the first time at Amgueddfa Cymru. This fragment portrays a defeated enemy of Rome and shows his outstretched opened hands as an act of plea for his life or the lives of his people. © Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales

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Two Roman sculpted stone panels, believed to feature the earliest known portraits in Wales, are on display for the first time at Amgueddfa Cymru.

This fragment portrays a defeated enemy of Rome and shows his outstretched opened hands as an act of plea for his life or the lives of his people.
	
© Am