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Offering Box (Arca)

Date

about A.D. 130–180

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Gallo-Roman

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Hexagonal roofed structure with cast base resting on three feline paws. The body is assembled on the base from flat panels outlined by a half-round molding with incised cable pattern. At the bottom of one side is a low door with keyhole. The roof is composed of six concave sides and incised imbrications. Spheres ornament the corners. There is a small round hole in the middle of the side of the roof over the door. At the top, there is an elaborately profiled platform with a kymation molding. Its upper corners are embellished with spheres. On the platform are the footmarks of a now-missing statuette, which stood at right angles to the side with the door. Between the footmarks is a coin slot.

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