À propos d’un bronze énigmatique ayant appartenu à Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

The National Library of France houses in its collection of antiquities a mysterious bronze object that has belonged to the famous antiquary Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc. this paper retraces the modern history of this artifact starting at the beginning of the seventeenth century, scrutinizes the meaning of its decor and explores its use during Late Roman Antiquity. This biographical approach sheds light on an astonishing object which has been intriguing many scholars and can be now identified as part of the luxurious chariot of a worshipper of isis.