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| Titles |
Mosaic with Animal Hunt: |
| Name |
Angela Kalinowski |
| Type of Resource |
three dimensional object |
| Genre |
Mosaic |
| Abstract |
Fragmentary mosaic depicting an animal hunt. The beasts are portrayed mostly enclosed in a large fenced area of nets strung up. There are three entrances shown at the bottom left, centre, and right of the mosaic through which men in short tunics are entering with eager dogs. The beasts are grouped according to species, with twenty ostriches in the lower register and thirty fallow deer in the upper, which are running in all directions. The ground is covered in what has been identified as rose petals (Poinssot and Quonian (Karthago, 1952)). |
| Physical Location |
Musée Nationale du Bardo, Tunis |
| Extent |
H: 478 cm ; W: 599 cm |
| Form |
tactile material |
| Note |
Dates to c. 2nd century CE at the end of the reign of Marcus Aurelius. This mosaic may be depicting a scene in the amphitheatre, and that the net has been placed to create a kind of park for the vention and centre the action (Poinssot and Quoniam, p. 164) They also suggest that the sparsio of rose petals has just occured and the excited hounds are being introduced into the area and are about the pursue their prey, the ostriches and fallow deer. Sicca Veneria is modern Le Kef, Tunisia. Scholars suggest that the full mosaic would be twice its current size. |
| Access Condition |
Attributed to Angela Kalinowski under the license CC-BY-NC 4.0 |
| Access Condition |
CC-BY-NC 4.0 |
| Subject Local Name |
--Roman--Mosaic--Animal--Animal Show--Venatio--Amphitheatre--Fallow Deer--Deer--Dog--Ostrich--Male--Spectacle------2nd c. CE |