Dionysos and Panther- Part of a Mosaic from Halicarnassus in the British Museum, May 2014

Object type: mosaic pavement

Museum number: 1857,1220.414


Description:

Panel from a mosaic pavement: Dionysos dances to the right, with the panther running behind and looking up at him. Dionysos wears a grey-green wreath, and carries a strip of red drapery edged with black. The name of Dionysos is inscribed in Greek.


Culture/period: Roman

Date: 4thC

Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Halicarnassus, villa;(Asia,Turkey,Aegean Region (Turkey),Caria,Bodrum,Halicarnassus)

Materials: stone

Technique: mosaic

Dimensions: Height: 1.4 metres
Width: 1.36 metres

Inscription Language: Greek

Bibliography: Mosaic 54.c

Acquisition name: Excavated by: Sir Charles Thomas Newton

Acquisition date: 1857

Department: Greek & Roman Antiquities

Text from: www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=451619