Relief Showing a Scene of Cloth Trade

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Carole Raddato
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published on 14 January 2021
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Relief from the Igel Column depicting mules pulling a four-wheeled chariot cart laden transporting bales of cloth. The Igel Column is a multi-storey Roman sandstone funerary monument located on the left bank of the Moselle some eight kilometres south of Trier. It was erected around 250 CE by two wealthy cloth merchants of Celtic origin, Secundinius Aventinus and Secundinius Securus, who were brothers.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2021, January 14). Relief Showing a Scene of Cloth Trade. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13284/relief-showing-a-scene-of-cloth-trade/

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Raddato, Carole. "Relief Showing a Scene of Cloth Trade." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 14, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13284/relief-showing-a-scene-of-cloth-trade/.

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Raddato, Carole. "Relief Showing a Scene of Cloth Trade." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 14 Jan 2021. Web. 06 Oct 2024.

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