Bronze figurine representing the sacrifice of a pig or boar. In the domestic sphere, this type of piece may have formed part of the set of statuettes that would have adorned the Lararium used for the veneration of the gods. This piece is part of the Roman collection in the British Museum.
In ancient Rome, a triple sacrificial rite called suovetaurilia was held, a ceremony consecrated to Mars, to whom three animals were offered in sacrifice, a pig, a sheep and a bull (Latin: sus, ovis, taurus). The animal to be sacrificed wore a band around its torso.
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Elena ValeroDesirée García Espinosa
Catón el Viejo, De Re Rustica, CXLI.
João Santos, M. (2007). El sacrificio en el occidente de la Hispania romana: Para un
nuevo análisis de los ritos de tradición indoeuropea. Palaeohispanica 7, pp. 175-217.
Pérez Ruiz, M. (2007). El culto en la casa romana. AnMurcia, 23-24, págs. 199-229.
Orlin, Eric (2015). Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Routledge.
Pictorial reference to a Pompeii lararium:
http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=2309
This reference shows the sculpture in the British Museum:
https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=00257515001
You can download the article "Worship in the Roman house" from here
