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(Fig. 48), the inlet pipe was carried by a broad standard pro-
jecting above the edge of the basin, on the front of which a
bust of a female figure with a cornucopia is carved in relief.
The right side of the face has been worn away by eager drink-
ers pressing their mouths against the mouth of the figure,
whence the jet issued ; it reminds one of the attenuated right
foot of the famous bronze St. Peter in Rome. Hands also have
worn deep, polished hollows in the stone on either side of the
standard. The figure represents Concordia Augusta, but the
name Abundantia, given to it when first discovered, still lingers
in the Italian name for the street, which might more appropri-
ately have been called Strada della Concordia.