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3D Model
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2467
Badalona. Clos de la Torre
Roman world

oscillum

MAC BCN-022066

Object type
oscillum
Production date
1 / 200
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Badalona. Clos de la Torre
Materials
marble
Township
Badalona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
250 x 367 mm
Description
The piece is complete, but broken into seven pieces and thus restored. It has the form of a pelta shaped like a crescent with both ends finishing in griffin heads and crowned in the centre by a palmette. Both sides of the pelta are decorated with low reliefs: the obverse depicting two dolphins entangled by the tail dipping into the sea; and the reverse with a theatrical mask. They were decorative but also ritual elements, which were hung as offerings to various deities in connection with festivals and other ceremonies.

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