Roman bronze ‘arca’ (offering box) and key

            Resting on a base supported by lions' paws, this bronze arca or offering box takes the form of a miniature hexagonal building. A roof composed of six curved sections surmounts the six joined panels forming the body. A cutting on the top of the roof served as a deposit slot for coins, and traces on either side of this slot show that a statuette originally stood on the top of the offering box. In order to empty the box, a small door on one side opened with a key. This offering box is said to have been found in France, in the Roman province of Gaul, along with the Pair of Portrait Busts and the Statuette of Mars/Cobannus. These pieces were probably displayed together in a local shrine of the Iuventus, a Roman youth organization. The offering box may have held the monthly dues of the members.

Gallo-Roman
From Eastern Gaul
ca. 130-180 CE

Getty Villa Museum, Malibu, California (95.AC.29)
   

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