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| Titles |
Mosaic with Venatores: |
| Name |
Angela Kalinowski |
| Type of Resource |
still image |
| Genre |
Mosaic |
| Abstract |
T-shaped mosaic. Depicted along the top portion of the vertical section are four male figures, each with unique features and clothing. One has long blond hair wearing a short tunic with a small animal pelt attached to the front holding a curved blade above his head. The next has short curly brown hair and wears a red long sleeved short tunic and is in the motion of unsheathing his sword. The next figure has medium length curly blond hair and wears a short sleeved short tunic with the image of a lion's head on the front; he also wears some type of foot wear and is holding a spear. The last figure has medium length curly black hair and wears a long sleeved longer tunic that is yellow with two red vertical stripes; he holds a sword in one hand and the sheath in the other. Lying at all four figures feet are various other weapons.
Below the human figures are various types of animals running in all directions. These depictions continue down the vertical length of the mosaic and spread out into the horizontal portion. The animals depicted here are antelopes, addaxes, deer, wild horses, and ostriches. |
| Physical Location |
Sousse Archaeological Museum, Tunisia |
| Form |
nonprojected graphic |
| Note |
Mosaic dates to the middle of the 3rd century CE and was originally found in the House of the Ostriches in the city of Sousse (Yacoub 1995: 278; Dunbabin 1978: 74). The depictions of the uniquely featured venatores in this mosaic may not be representations of specific people in history; rather they may be depicting different types of venatores (Dunbabin 1978: 75). Two other mosaics found in the House of the Ostriches are associated with this floor mosaic (Dunbabin 2016: 201). |
| Access Condition |
Attributed to Angela Kalinowski under the license CC-BY-NC 4.0 |
| Access Condition |
CC-BY-NC 4.0 |
| Subject Local Name |
--Mosaic--Roman--Venatio--Animal--Animal Show--Male--Ostrich--Addax--Antelope--Deer--Beast Hunt--Weapon--Equipment------3rd c. CE |
| Note |
Dunbabin, Katherine M.D. The Mosaics of Roman North Africa: Studies in Iconography and Patronage. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
Dunbabin, Katherine M. D. Theater and Spectacle in the Art of the Roman Empire. New York: Cornell University, 2016.
Yacoub, Mohamed. Splendeurs des mosaiques de Tunisie. Ministere de la Culture, de la Jeunesse et des Loisiors: 1995. |