Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MOS 1925 3 | |
Title: | TESSELATED FLOOR: DIONYSOS | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | MOS | |
Year: | 1925 | |
Object Number: | 3 | |
Description: | Central panel from tesselated floor. In corners of panel: kantharoi with ivy. Circle with guilloche border inscribed in the square and filled with concentric circles, the spaces between the circles are decorated with triangles. In the center of the panel is a circle with a wave pattern border and a field with the head of Dionysos who has fruit and ivy in his hair. | |
Material: | Glass, limestone, and terracotta tesserae in a wide range of colours, mostly subdued hues, set in brown cement. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Well preserved complete panel from the center of a larger floor area. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 2.21, W. 2.154 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Area: | Roman Villa, Shear's | |
Context: | Roman Villa, Shear's | |
Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Roman Villa, Shear's Image: bw 7564 Image: digital 2013 0039 |