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ECL-Bm.9:74-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.9:74-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Mosaic

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

Round the outside runs a band of meander and rosettes. The inner area is divided into five sections, which are in turn subdivided. In the central section is a large panel with a representation of Europa and the bull, flanked by two zones, each with a leafy branch inside three contiguous circles. The sections which flank the central band are each divided into two, and in each subsection is the figure of a nude male Season carrying a basket, club and cloak, and with his feet towards the outer border. The outer sections are divided into three roughly equal parts: at each corner is a garlanded head inside a circle, and in each middle section is a garlanded or crowned head.

Content (object)

mosaic

Content (note)

Mosaic from the Baths of Caracalla

Dimensions

height (actual size): 282mm
width (actual size): 420mm

Inscription

Musaico antico delle Terme di Caracalla written in ink on the front of the drawing lower edge

Materials & techniques note

black ink and grey wash on paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Lanciani ( (Bcom 1894) publishes part of this mosaic in pl. IX)
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