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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Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta.