Object type
oscillum
Culture/period
Roman world
Materials
marble
Technique
sculpting
Mint
Production date
1 / 200
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Badalona. Clos de la Torre
Township
Badalona (Barcelonès)
Dimensions
250 x 367 mm
Description
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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.
Image
3D Model
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2467