Category:Oscilla
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- English: Oscilla is Latin word, the plural of oscillum, a diminutive of os, meaning "little face." The term is applied to small objects, usually masks or circular panels with sculptural relief decoration, which were hung up on cords or ribbons to swing back and forth in the wind, on tree branches or in architectural settings, as offerings to various deities or as decoration in homes.
- Italiano: L'oscillum (diminutivo del termine latino osculum, a sua volta derivato da os, per "volto") era un tipo di piccola scultura, rappresentante una testa, che in epoca romana veniva appesa come dono votivo alle fronde degli alberi in occasione di alcune feste, come le sementivae faeriae, o feste della semina, o nelle paganalia, feste dei pagi, o villaggi di campagna, in particolare in onore del dio Bacco.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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- Oscillum (NAMA 3635) (8 F)
- Oscillum (Würzburg H 2449) (4 F)
Media in category "Oscilla"
The following 28 files are in this category, out of 28 total.
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Circular plaque showing a dancing Maenad in front of an altar.jpg 1,536 × 1,614; 1.16 MB
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Circular plaque showing a winged Victory.jpg 1,909 × 1,908; 1.51 MB
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Circular plaque showing Hercules and the hind of Ceryneia.jpg 1,879 × 1,908; 1.56 MB
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Domiziano Imperatore Odio e Amore 20220924 154523 (52389530354).jpg 3,468 × 4,624; 3.59 MB
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Domiziano Imperatore Odio e Amore 20220924 154523(0) (52389222586).jpg 3,468 × 4,624; 3.9 MB
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Oscillum da roselle, I-II sec ca. 01.JPG 1,896 × 2,036; 2.59 MB
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Oscillum da roselle, I-II sec ca. 02.JPG 1,536 × 2,332; 1.79 MB
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Museo archeologico nazionale delle Marche, Ancona, 2023 12 26 - 149.jpg 4,624 × 3,472; 2.75 MB
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Nimes (42210607360).jpg 5,720 × 3,814; 6.94 MB
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Oscilla con eros sul delfino e musicista nel santuario, I sec dc. 02.JPG 1,736 × 1,636; 1.84 MB
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Oscilla.jpg 1,862 × 1,710; 1.8 MB
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Oscille.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 2 MB
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Oscillum con due maschere di pan e baccante, arte galloromana, I sec dc.JPG 2,322 × 2,310; 3.06 MB
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Oscillum con eros sul delfino e musicista nel santuario, I sec dc. 01.jpg 1,748 × 1,728; 2.35 MB
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Oscillum con scena satiresca, I secolo dc. 01.jpg 2,332 × 2,376; 3.05 MB
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Oscillum con scena satiresca, I secolo dc. 02.jpg 2,618 × 2,610; 3.74 MB
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Oscillum con scena satiresca, I secolo dc. 03.jpg 2,432 × 3,648; 5.28 MB
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Oscillum kiss Louvre Tarse92a.jpg 2,100 × 1,750; 2.06 MB
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Oscillum kiss Louvre Tarse92c.jpg 1,575 × 1,430; 1.56 MB
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Oscillum kiss Louvre Tarse92e.jpg 1,450 × 1,320; 1.29 MB
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Oscillum Sperlonga.jpg 1,073 × 916; 158 KB
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Terracotta theatrical mask (Lyon, Mus Gall-Rom 1999.11.34).jpg 1,644 × 1,962; 1.83 MB
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Terracotta theatrical mask (Lyon, Mus Gall-Rom 1999.11.35).jpg 1,800 × 1,848; 1.81 MB