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English: Roman toilet seat in rosso antico (red marble from southern Greece), formerly in the Lateran Palace, Vatican Museums The seat is pierced with a circular hole 21.4 cm in diameter, with a nearly square slot (13.2 x 13.7 cm) extending to the front edge. The seat is supported by two parallel lateral sup-ports 48 cm high decorated with volutes at the top front and back; the front of the supports are shaped like lions’ legs, ending in a claw, and there is a smaller volute at the rear base. The sides of the sup-ports are decorated with a stylized relief floral design.
Nederlands: Postoel uit Vaticaans museum, waarschijnlijk aangezien voor de sedia stercoraria waarbij de mannelijkheid van de paus werd gecontroleerd. Die gewoonte werd waarschijnlijk in de 16e eeuw afgeschaft, zie w:nl:Testiculos habet et bene pendentes
Italiano: Sedes porphyretrica, antica latrina da un edificio imperiale, forse un impianto termale. Prima metà del II sec. d.C. In marmo rosso antico. Musei Vaticani, Museo Chiaramonti, Gabinetto delle Maschere. Inv. 818.
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Following Hadrian at https://flickr.com/photos/41523983@N08/30993332261 (archive). It was reviewed on 18 January 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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