#marble oscillum

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~ Marble oscillum (disc hung between the columns of a colonnade). Culture/Period: Roman  Date: A.D. 50-75 Place of origin: Pompeii Medium: Marble

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Marble oscillum with relief of a satyr collecting bunches of grapes - Augustan period, 29 BC - 19 AD

National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

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Oscillum, Roman Period, Italy, 1st century CE,

Depicting a woman bringing offerings to a herm and a dancing satyr.

Marble 

© The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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Oscilla of Western Greece, 3rd - 2nd B.C.

The British Museum Collection - Greek & Roman Antiquities

“Many oscilla or masks, representing the head of Bacchus or of different rustic deities, are still preserved. There is a marble oscillum of Bacchus in the British Museum. Others still in existence are made of earthenware, but it seems probable that wax and wood were the ordinary materials. Small rudely shaped figures of wool, known as pilae, were also hung up in the same way as the oscilla.”

Source: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Oscilla". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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: • Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano, Verona @museiciviciverona | MATR Last Sunday 04|11 Phonecam snaps | Brief overview [Selected hi-res photos to follow] . PART 1 . • 1: Testa di gladiatore in 'tufo' locale, "Head enclosed in a helmet of a gladiator in 'tufaceous'." Stone, 1 AD. [Fragment of a statue from Teatro Romano | https://verona.com/en/verona/teatro-romano] . • 2: Marble Pelta Shield, "Marble oscillum in Pelta form: a gladiator fighting a lioness on one side, and on the other the mythical sphinx seated before the remains of the men who were unable to solve her riddle." 1 - 2 AD. [From Teatro Romano] . • 3: "Sphinx in coloured marble [from quarries in the Eastern Mediterranean] which - like similar ones - probably terminated the row of seats for important people." Found in fragments, Restored. Ca 1 AD. [Teatro Romano] . • 4-5: 2 Sphinxes video + Marble Sphinx closeup. . • 6: Teatro & Verona view from the Museum window. . • 7: Terracotta antefixes from Verona and surrounding areas, The 4th BC. Taranto production to Imperial Roman times. . • 8: "Fragment of maiden [statue], originally for a niche, in marble; with other similar ones, it decorated the front of the stage" [cavea]. Ca 1 AD. [Teatro Romano] . • 9: Fragments of Roman floor mosaics exhibited in the chapel of St. Gerolamo renaissance convent | Museum grounds. . MATR | MSP | 14|11|21 Mobile Part 1 The photographed objects is the property of MATR and subject to the Museum copyright. All labels & descriptions ©MATR. museoarcheologico.comune.verona.it [ no commercial use ] . . #verona #matrverona #teatroromano #romantheatre #archaeologicalmuseum #museoarcheologico #roman #romanart #ancientart #ancientsculpture #ancientworld #arthistory #antiquity #ancient #mythology #archaeology #archeologia #heritage #museology #museum #mythicalcreatures #sculpture #antefix #sphinx #goddess #gladiator #artefacts #museumphotography #archaeologyphotography #michaelsvetbird matr @museiciviciverona 14|11|21 part 1 phs©msp @michael_svetbird (at Museo archeologico al teatro romano) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWaoM8mo0vF/?utm_medium=tumblr

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~ Oscillum, front side with a centaur.

Date: First half of the A.D. 1st century

Medium: White marble

Provenience: Pompeii, Archaeological Park of Pompeii (Pompei, Parco Archeologico di Pompei)