82 AD triumphal marble relief in Rome depicting Roman soldiers carrying the Menorah and holy Temple vessels
A monumental marble relief panel on the inner bay of the triumphal arch in Rome depicting the official triumphal procession of 71 AD, featuring Roman soldiers crowned with laurel wreaths bearing the sacred spoils of the Jerusalem Temple.
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The relief panel vividly portrays Roman legionaries carrying on their shoulders the Golden Seven-Branched Menorah, the golden Table of Showbread with ritual vessels, and the silver Temple trumpets.
Primary physical visual record corroborating the historic reality and exact design of the golden Menorah and Temple implements described in Exodus 25:31–40 and Matthew 24:1–2.
Polychromy scans by the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project (Yeshiva University, 2012) proved the Menorah was originally painted with brilliant yellow-ochre pigment simulating pure gold.
Flavian dynastic triumphal monument celebrating the deification of Emperor Titus and divine victory of Jupiter Capitolinus.