Bronze statuette of Sucellus, Gaulish deity associated with boundaries – of land and between living/dead – whose symbols include the mallet, wolf skin and jar. Five small mallets radiate from a large one behind him. Vienne, Isère, 1st-2nd AD, from a household shrine. Walters Art Museum [1161×1800]

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    1. https://art.thewalters.org/object/54.998/

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      [SUCELLUS

      Roman (Vienne, France), 1st-2nd century A.D.

      Sucellus was a major Gaulish deity associated with the underworld, whose attributes include his lion-skin garment, a mallet or hammer (now missing from his upraised hand), and a small jar called an olla. This statuette is the earliest and finest of any known Sucellus image. The portrayal is reminiscent of Classical Greek style, and he resembles the Greek hero Herakles. Behind him, like a symbol of worship, appears an oversized mallet with five smaller mallets radiating from it. The statuette was excavated from the lararium (household shrine) of a Roman house in France.

      Bronze

      54.998, acquired by Henry Walters, 1912]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucellus

    2. SmokeyMacPott on

      Yo dawg I heard you like mallets! 

      So I got you 1 large mallets with 5 smaller mallets radiating outwards. 

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