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Date: 1st–4th century A.D.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Roman
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Two heavily armed gladiators fighting. Myrmillo on the right behind a long shield, wearing a crested helmet; Thrax on the left holding a sica; both wear greaves (ocreae) and have their sword-arm bound for protection (manicae); a trainer (lanista) between them, in tunic with laced boots. Below, in tabula ansata, the fighters' names: SABINVS and POPILLIVS. Description: Moldmade. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a. Air hole on nozzle top. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove.

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