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"Cave Canem" - beware of the dog, threshold mosaic     
from Pompeii. To warn off intruders, such mosaics      
showing fierce dogs were fairly common in Pompeii.     
Inv.110660
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"Cave Canem" - beware of the dog, threshold mosaic from Pompeii. To warn of...

Head of Medusa, a threshold mosaic to protect          
the house and its inhabitants.                         
From the House of the Centenary, Pompeii.              
Inv.112284
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Head of Medusa, a threshold mosaic to protect the house and its inhabi...

Panther with dionysiac symbols.                        
From Pompeii
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Panther with dionysiac symbols. From Pompeii

Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table.     
From Pompeii.
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Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table. From Pompeii.

Maenad and satyr in a dionysiac scene, marble mosaic   
on slate ground, from the Casa dei Capitelli Colorati  
Pompeii VII 4, 31-51                                   
Inv.9977
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Maenad and satyr in a dionysiac scene, marble mosaic on slate ground, from th...

Candelabre and hunting putto, glass-paste mosaic       
from Pompeii VI, Insula Occidentalis 36.               
Inv.10013
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Candelabre and hunting putto, glass-paste mosaic from Pompeii VI, Insula...

Theseus fights the minotaur, tondo.                    
From Pompeii                                           
Inv.10016
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Theseus fights the minotaur, tondo. From Pompeii...

Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects:
a butterfly for flying time, a wheel of fortune, a     
level as a sign that all are made level by death.      
From the triclinium of the Bottega, Pompeii 15,2       
Inv.109982
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Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying t...

Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger,           
a garland with leaves and theatrical masks.            
From the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2
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Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger, a garland with leaves an...

Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, 
Pompeii VI 12,2. Details see 11-01-03/25,26.           
Inv.9900
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Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2. Details...

Mosaic floor of a Villa in Pompeii.
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Mosaic floor of a Villa in Pompeii.

Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios
Probably a replica of a painting by Philoxeilos of
Emtrea (4th BCE).Alexander is the bareheaded man (left)
Dareios on his chariot (right).Scene could be Issos or
Gaugamela.House of the Faun,Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv.10020
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Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a pain...