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Illustration of a mosaic floor featuring geometric patterns and circular portraits in a rusty brown and black.

Unknown Maker, Roman

Floor mosaic fragment depicting Bacchus, Constantinian

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Roman

Title

Floor mosaic fragment depicting Bacchus

Year

Constantinian

Medium

mosaic

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Limestone tesserae

Techniques

  • Limestone tesserae

Dimensions

117.5 x 117.5 cm (46 1/4 x 46 1/4 inches)

Place

Archaeological Site: daphne, From a villa at Daphne near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey)

Type

  • Mosaics

Credit

Museum Collection, by exchange

Object Number

40.195

Floor mosaic fragment depicting Bacchus

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Roman Paintings and Mosaics

Catalogue of the Classical Collection
Archaeological Site: daphne, From a villa at Daphne near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey)

Publications

Excavation to Exhibition

The Afterlife of Ancient Objects
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Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Roman Paintings and Mosaics

Catalogue of the Classical Collection

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

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