Prize Table and Honorary Bust
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Prize Table and Honorary Bust

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This Roman mosaic (c. 110 AD) from the Terme di Porta Marina depicts a prize table with a palm branch (awarded to champions in games and gladiatorial contests) and a victory crown. Below, we see vessels, a ball for the games of harpastum and trigon , and gym equipment: the discus (for throwing), halteres (stone weights used in jumping), and strigils (metal scrapers for cleaning the body). The bust on the pillar honors a patron.