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Floor mosaic

Late 2nd - early 3rd century AD

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto
Taranto, Italy

Floor mosaic divided into panels, separated by braids and decorated with figurative motifs linked to the world of nature (fruit, birds, felines); in the centre, a young Satyr surprises a half-naked nymph by approaching her from behind, in accordance with an iconography that was common throughout the Mediterranean. This flooring was plausibly located in the triclinium (banquet hall) and was found in an area of the city that has yielded numerous examples of private buildings from the Roman Imperial period.

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  • Title: Floor mosaic
  • Date Created: Late 2nd - early 3rd century AD
  • Location Created: Taranto, corner of corso Umberto with via Mignogna, from the garden of the Istituto Maria Immacolata, 1898
  • Physical Dimensions: 343 cm (height); 308 cm (width)
  • Medium: Polychromatic stone tesserae
  • Room: Room XVI, no showcase
MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto

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