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Orpheus mosaic,Orpheus plays to the animals.
#03050165

Orpheus mosaic,Orpheus plays to the animals.

Ulysses leaves Circe and sails past the Sirenes.
Mosaic (3rd CE) from the pavement of the impluvium at the house of Dionysos and Ulysses, south of the Thugga forum,Tunisia.
Inv. 2884 A
See also overall 11-01-03/13 and detail 03-05-04/40
#03050168

Ulysses leaves Circe and sails past the Sirenes. Mosaic (3rd CE) from the pavem...

Ulysses and the Sirens: the Greek hero Ulysses, sailing by the rock of the Sirens. He is standing on the deck with his hands tied to the mast to prevent himself from succumbing to temptation. (detail)
Mosaic from the pavement of the impluvium
at the house of Dionysos and Ulysses, south of the Thugga forum, Tunisia; 3rd century CE
Inv. 2884 A
Detail of 11-01-03/13 and 03-05-01/68
#03050440

Ulysses and the Sirens: the Greek hero Ulysses, sailing by the rock of the Siren...

Gilded bronze cuirass.
Phoenician; from Ksour-es-Saf, Tunisia; 3rd century CE.
#03050662

Gilded bronze cuirass. Phoenician; from Ksour-es-Saf, Tunisia; 3rd century CE.

Virgil and two muses. Mosaic (early 3rd CE)            
from Hadrumetum (Sousse), Tunis.                       
12.3 x 12.2 cm
#110103 6

Virgil and two muses. Mosaic (early 3rd CE) from Hadrumetum (Sousse)...

Fancy dress banquet. Mosaic (200-220 CE)               
from El Jem (Thysdrus), Tunis.                         
Inv. 3361
#110103 9

Fancy dress banquet. Mosaic (200-220 CE) from El Jem (Thysdrus),...

Dionysian procession. Mosaic (mid 3rd CE)              
from El Jem (Thysdrus), Tunis.                         
119 x 180 cm
#11010310

Dionysian procession. Mosaic (mid 3rd CE) from El Jem (Thysdrus),...

Unloading a boat. Mosaic from an underground tomb      
at Hadrumetum (Sousse), Tunis                          
(mid 3rd CE).                                          
99 x 206 cm
#11010312

Unloading a boat. Mosaic from an underground tomb at Hadrumetum (Sousse),...

Ulysses and the Sirens. Mosaic (3rd CE) from the
pavement of the impluvium at the house of Dionysos
and Ulysses, south of the Thugga forum,Tunisia.
Size 130 x 344 cm
Inv. 2884 A
For details see also 03-05-01/68 and 03-05-04/40
#11010313

Ulysses and the Sirens. Mosaic (3rd CE) from the pavement of the impluvium at t...

Still-life with bottle and goblet. Mosaic,             
detail from the pavement of a dining hall              
in a house near El Jem (Thysdrus), Tunis               
(late 2nd CE).                                         
Size: 75 x 75 cm
#11010314

Still-life with bottle and goblet. Mosaic, detail from the pavement...

Five dead thrushes strung on a cord. Detail            
of the mosaic pavement in the dining hall              
of a house near Jem (Thysdrus), Tunisia                
(late 2nd CE).                                         
95 x 97 cm
#11010316

Five dead thrushes strung on a cord. Detail of the mosaic pavement i...

Mother Goddess. Yellowish terracotta (4th BCE),        
probably Phoenician import, from the Punic             
necropolis at Dermech, Carthago.                       
Height 25 cm
#110104 1

Mother Goddess. Yellowish terracotta (4th BCE), probably Phoenician impo...