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It's official - I have adopted a Tessera in the Cupid on a Dolphin mosaic at Now to think of a name for the little fellow! And plan a visit to see him

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2021-12-07

Drawings by an unknown painter of Justinian and Theodora and their entourages, after the San Vitale Basilica mosaic in Ravenna.

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2021-12-06

This late 2nd c mosaic found in a possible church at Silchester was lovingly recorded in a watercolour by George Edward Fox in 1892😍

It was lifted in 1961 for Reading Museum

Pics: ©

See: https://t.co/rlV7mfcgsy

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2021-12-06

- beginning with a Late 2nd Century mosaic scene: ca. AD 180-190, from Carthage. Typically interpreted as showing preparations for a banquet, with figures carrying dishes and tableware.

Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1796). Link - https://t.co/wChhLMjblc

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2021-12-06

- Mythical emblemata on this rather fabulous ca. 2nd Century AD mosaic. The central panel shows Agavé killing Pentheus, a punishment for his refusal to acknowledge Dionysus' godhead.

Image: Museum Romanité, Nîmes (2007.1.1.0). Link - https://t.co/Ac4B8t46Fx

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2021-11-29

Mosaic from the so-called "House of the drunk Silenus" in Thysdrus (El Djem), Tunisia - late 2nd early 3rd century CE, now in the El Djem Musée Archéologique, Tunisia.

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2021-11-16

Roman-era mosaic of different types of foodstuffs,
2nd c. CE, now in the Vatican Museum.

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2021-11-09


Chariot race, 3rd century Museo Arqueologico Nacional,

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2021-11-08

On the morning of 18 July 1811 George Tupper hit a stone whilst ploughing

Subsequent energetic soil clearance revealed this face, a 4th c AD mosaic portrait of the Trojan prince Ganymede

It was the first bit of the incredible to be exposed 🤩

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2021-10-18

The Orpheus Mosaic, from Şanlıurfa, Turkey and dated to 194 CE with inscriptions in Aramaic.

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2021-10-05

"Doves watering" - mosaic from the House of the Doves at Pompeii - Naples Archaeological Museum ().

https://t.co/WJzQ5du03S

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2021-09-13

Women’s sports in 4th c. Sicily.
Villa Romana del Casale via
https://t.co/tPv3DQajUI

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2021-06-14

The stunning mosaic from Hemsworth

A short thread (including very grumpy dolphins) for 👇👇

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2021-06-07

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The Triumph of Neptune

roman mosaic (mid-third century AD)
Hadrumète (Sousse) Tunisia 🇹🇳
Sousse Archaeological Museum

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2021-05-04

We’re celebrating with the gorgeous Dominus Julius Mosaic from Carthage.

Dating to the late C4th–early C5th CE, the mosaic captures the daily life of the elite across three registers with a dwelling at the centre.

This piece is held in the Bardo National Museum.

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2021-04-19

The Bacchus mosaic from Stonesfield villa uncovered in 1712 and subsequently destroyed by souvenir hunters, was featured in this amazing 18th c embroidery looked after by the wonderful (the most Oxfordshireist museum in Oxfordshire 😁)

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2021-04-05

- and I'm hoping to channel the energy of this prancing Dionysus at the start of the working week... maybe not his outfit though. Wish me luck!

ca. 4th Century AD, excavated at Halicarnassus.

Image: British Museum (1857,1220.414)

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2021-03-08

- a fantastic fun scene here, with musicians, dancing and some bum-wiggling to boot! This ca. 2nd Century AD scene was discovered in the garden of S. Sabina on the Aventine in 1711.

Image: Musei Vaticani (MV.902.0.0)

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2021-03-01

A floor dating to the 4th century CE and depicting fighting Dionysos was a very popular subject in Roman mosaics. Provenance: Villa Ruffinella,

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2021-02-15

In the city of in there is the which has a really impressive collection of The beautifully preserved mosaic depicting  travelling on his sea is especially impressive.

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2021-02-08