Typ <itemType> |
Objekt/föremål |
Datering <presTimeLabel> |
Roman |
Description <itemDescription> |
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Fragment of architectural frieze. Decoration of two mythological creatures (chimaerai or sphinxes?), a crater with two birds perching on its rim, surrounded by tendrils with naturalistically rendered, five-petalled flowers and a bucranium with a garland in high relief. White marble.
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The usage of bucrania by the Romans were most common around spaces of a sacrificial nature, e.g. temples and altars. The architectural element is generally considered to have originated from the pract...
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The usage of bucrania by the Romans were most common around spaces of a sacrificial nature, e.g. temples and altars. The architectural element is generally considered to have originated from the practice of displaying the decorated skulls of sacrificial oxen on the walls of temples.
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Period, Swedish <itemDescription> |
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Brukad Roman.
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Ägd av Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
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Material, engelska<itemMaterial> |
- Marble
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Material<itemMaterial> |
- Marmor
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Mått <itemMeasurement> |
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Height / Höjd: 35 cm.
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Width / Bredd: 123 cm.
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Object, Swedish<itemName> |
- arkitektoniskt fragment
- fris
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Object<itemName> |
- architectural fragment
- frieze
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Ämne <subject> |
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Inventory number <itemNumber> |
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Källa <presOrganization> |
Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet |
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