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Terracotta theatrical mask of a character in Atellan farce. Found with a second similar mask (1999.11.35) in the House of the Masks in Lyon, where they were probably suspended as oscilla in the peristyle.
Date Roman, 2nd century CE
Medium terracotta
Dimensions height: 21.3 cm (8.3 in); width: 17.3 cm (6.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,21.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,17.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q509
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1999.11.35
Place of discovery Lyon, rue des Farges (1976)
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