Mosaic

MS4012

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Tunisia | Zeugitana | Carthage

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4012
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Tunisia | Zeugitana | Carthage
Date Made 200-250 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Stone
Technique Tessera
Iconography Theseus | Boat | Latin Inscription
Inscription Language Latin Language
Description

Figural mosaic An intriguing puzzle, this mosaic appears to be an adaptation of a now lost mosaic from Hadrumentum (Sousse). It probably came from the Roman Tunisian town of Utica and represents Theseus sailing away from the Cretan labyrinth, here mostly missing. Its insciption, VINCLVSVS, repeated twice, remains controversial.

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

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