Mosaic
Object Number: | MS4012 |
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Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
Culture: | Roman |
Provenience: | Tunisia Zeugitana Carthage |
Date Made: | 200-250 CE |
Early Date: | 200 |
Late Date: | 250 |
Section: | Mediterranean |
Materials: | Stone |
Technique: | Tessera |
Iconography: | Theseus Boat Latin Inscription |
Inscription Language: | Latin Language |
Height: | 32 cm |
Length: | 205.5 cm |
Width: | 134.5 cm |
Thickness: | 32 cm |
Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Dillwyn Parrish in memory of the late Dillwyn Parrish, 1904 |
Description
Opus vermiculatum. Boat scene with repeated inscription -Vinclusus- [may refer to owner of the house or an abbreviation for "Vinctor Lusus": winner of the game]. Depicts Theseus escaping King Minos' labyrinth on Crete. Colors: rusty red, mustard yellow, putty gray, black and white. Tesserae: in inset (boat-scene): 0.04 to 0.07cm, in background: 0.09 to 0.15cm. Floret square (including border): 0.20 to 0.205m. Letter height: 0.10 to 0.105m. Guilloche band W: 0.135 to 0.14m. Inset H: 0.545 to 0.56m (including black border). Edges are now hidden in a wooden box-like border which might accommodate 1 to 2cm beyond what is seen.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
The Classical World: Italy ( Apr 1958 - 1969) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Roman Sculpture Gallery (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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