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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2442
Can Pau Birol
Roman world

circus mosaic from Bell-lloc del Pla

MAC BCN-019003

Object type
mosaic
Production date
275 / 300
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Can Pau Birol
Materials
marble
Township
Girona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Gironès)
Technique
opus tessellatum
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
356 x 603 cm
Description
The mosaic from Bell-lloc depicts a chariot race in the Circus Maximus in Rome. It gives the name of the charioteers and horses occupied the far left of the hitch. Three horses are in full race. Some chariots have overturned. The spina represents statues of the goddesses Minerva and Cybele.

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