Ptolemaic_roundel_from_a_mosaic_floor_decorated_with_a_dog_and_a_gilded_askos,_from_Alexandria,_Egypt,_c._200-150_BC.jpg
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Summary
Description Ptolemaic roundel from a mosaic floor decorated with a dog and a gilded askos, from Alexandria, Egypt, c. 200-150 BC.jpg |
English:
Excavated from the grounds of the New Alexandria Library in 1993, this Ptolemaic mosaic from Hellenistic Egypt, dated between 200 - 150 BC, is now located in the Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria, Egypt. While it is slightly damaged at the center with cracks and fragmentary along the sides (surrounded by a grey lion-head motif), this mosaic depicts a realistic scene of a male dog with a gilded metal
askos
vessel (for containing water or wine) with looped handles lying nearby. The rich variety of colored tesserae pieces adds depth, lighting, and shading to the scene similar to Hellenistic Greek paintings of the time period. It could represent a household owner's pet, or perhaps it implies a domestic banquet had occurred and the
askos
has been emptied for the occasion.
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Date | 200-150 BC |
Source | Higgs, Peter (2001), "Roundel from a mosaic floor decorated with a dog and a gilded askos ", in Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth , edited by Susan Walker and Peter Higgs, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691088358 , pp. 88–89. |
Author | Ancient mosiac artist from Alexandria, Egypt |
Camera location | 38° 49′ 55″ N, 77° 18′ 26.52″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 38.831944; -77.307367 |
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