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Marble oscillum of the 1st century A.D. It used to be suspended as an ornament from the architrave between two columns. Provenance unknown. The front shows a relief profile of a kind of mask used by male actors during recitals of tragic drama. The mask faces a mirror. On the rear, it shows a relief carving of a griffin with one of its front paws resting on the head of a bull. Of Oriental origins, the griffin was among the attributes of Apollo. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta.

Marble oscillum of the 1st century A.D. It used to be suspended as an ornament from the architrave between two columns. Provenance unknown. The front shows a relief profile of a kind of mask used by male actors during recitals of tragic drama. The mask faces a mirror. On the rear, it shows a relief carving of a griffin with one of its front paws resting on the head of a bull. Of Oriental origins, the griffin was among the attributes of Apollo. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta.
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Marble oscillum of the 1st century A.D. It used to be suspended as an ornament from the architrave between two columns. Provenance unknown. The front shows a relief profile of a kind of mask used by male actors during recitals of tragic drama. The mask faces a mirror. On the rear, it shows a relief carving of a griffin with one of its front paws resting on the head of a bull. Of Oriental origins, the griffin was among the attributes of Apollo. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta
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Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta.
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Album / Prisma
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7223 x 4603 px | 95.1 MB
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61.2 x 39.0 cm | 24.1 x 15.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1ST CENTURY A. D. • 1ST CENTURY AD • 1ST CENTURY • ACTOR (FEMALE) • ACTOR • ACTORS • ACTRESS • AGUILA • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT HISTORY • ANCIENT WORLD • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • APOLLO ATTRIBUTE • APOLLOS ATTRIBUTE • ARCHITRAVE ORNAMENT • ATTRIBUTE OF APOLLO • ATTRIBUTE • ATTRIBUTES OF APOLLO • BAS-RELIEF • CIRCLE • CIRCULAR SHAPE • CIRCULAR • CIRCULATE • CLASSIC • CLASSICAL TRAGEDY • CLASSICAL • COIFFURE • COMEDIAN • COMICAL • CULT • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DRAMA • DRAMATIC ART • EAGLE HEAD • EAGLE • EAGLES HEAD • EMBOSSED • EPOCA IMPERIAL • EUROPA • EUROPE • FACING A MIRROR • FAUCET • FIRST CENTURY • GOZO ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • GOZO ISLAND • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. CITTADELLA DE VICTORIA. GOZO, MALTA. • GOZO • GRIFFIN • GRIFFON • GRYPHUS • HAIR FASHION • HAIR STYLE • HAIR STYLING • HAIRSTYLE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • IMPERIAL AGE • IMPERIAL ERA • JOY • KNICK-KNACKS • MALE ACTOR • MALE ACTORS • MALE • MALTA • MAN • MARBLE • MARBRE • MARMOL • MASCARA • MASCULINE • MASK • MEN • MIRROR • MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTAL • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • OSCILLUM • PROFILE • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN EMPIRE • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROMANS • ROUND (SHAPE) • ROUND • S. I D. C. • S. I DC • S. I • THEATER HISTORY • THEATER MASK • THEATER • THEATRE ACTOR • THEATRE • THEATRICAL ACTOR • THEATRICAL MASK • THEATRICAL MASKS • TRAGEDY MASK • TRAGEDY • TRAGIC DRAMA • WATER