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| Titles |
Mosaic with Horses: |
| Name |
Angela Kalinowski |
| Type of Resource |
still image |
| Genre |
Mosaic |
| Abstract |
Mosaic depicting four horses, each with an attendant, on two registers. The first horse on the top register is brown wearing a colourful head dress with its attendant standing next to it; inscribed above the horse is its name, 'PVPILIVS'. The second horse on the top register is a light tan colour also wearing a head dress, standing next to its attendant; 'AMATOR' is inscribed above it. The first horse on the bottom register is black with a white triangular stable mark and wearing a red headdress with its attendant in a light grey tunic; 'CVPIDO' is inscribed here. The last horse is golden with a red headdress with its attendant also dressed in a red tunic; inscribed above the horse is the name 'AVRA'. |
| Physical Location |
Sousse Archaeological Museum, Tunisia |
| Form |
nonprojected graphic |
| Note |
The mosaic dates to the end of the 2nd century CE to the beginning of the 3rd century CE (Dunbabin 1978: 95). The horses are identified as circus horses and each attendant is a representation of the different factions (Dunbabin 1978: 95). |
| 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--Animal--Horse--Male--Circus--2nd c. CE--3rd c. CE |
| Note |
Dunbabin, Katherine M.D. The Mosaics of Roman North Africa: Studies in Iconography and Patronage. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978. |