Alcuni fatti relativi alla Bocca della Verità
La Bocca della Verita
Il monumento a forma di medaglione denominato Bocca della Verità, si trova a Roma, sotto un porticato di fronte alla chiesa di Sant Maria de Cosmedin.
- Size: diameter is 175 cm (about 5ft 9in); thickness is 19 cm (about 7in)
- Weight: about 1200 Kg (about 26400 Lb)
- Age: about 2200 years
- What does it represent: we think the Bocca della Verità represents the God Oceanus (Οκεανοσ in Greek) and was probably the cover of a water collector inside a temple in the Foro Boario area.
La replica in dimensioni naturali della Bocca della Verita
DPS-Promatic srl ha realizzato una replica in dimensioni naturali della Bocca della Verità, installata presso il duty-free di AELIA, nel terminal 3 dell'aeroporto di Fiumicino.
The Bocca della verita machine
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Bocca della Verita details
Details of the sculpture from which it appears that the Bocca della Verità is a mask of the God Oceanus.
- F is a fish
- C (left and right) appear not to be horns but rather crab claws or head of dolphins;
- T could be dolphins or even the testicles of the God Uranus, thrown by Kronos into the Ocean; too worn to be easily recognizable
Oceanus in Bardo Museum
Fragment of a mosaic exhibited in Bardo museum in Tunis representing the God Oceanus.
It is clearly visible that the horn is a part of a crab or shrimp.
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Church of Santa Maria de Cosmedin
The Bocca della Verita medaillon was put in front of the church of Santa Maria de Cosmedin,
in Piazza Bocca della Verità, Roma, by Mr.Placidi in 1632.
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