Mosaic pavement with mythological scene

Classification

mosaic

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

57 x 127 cm

Date

3rd century A.D.

Period

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Iconography

Hercules ; Deianeira ; Nessos ; centaur ; bow ; animals ; plant ; arrow

Findspot

Budapest, 3rd district, Meggyfa street ; Aquincum, Military Town, Hercules villa

Present location

Budapest, Aquincum Museum, Roman Collection, Visual Storage

Inventory

M/12.-03.-04.-01.01.-06/1

ID

Hyp-2874

References

Wellner 1962, 23-28, figs. 12–22; Zsidi–Hárshegyi–Vámos 2009, 148, no. 778

Year of discovery

1958

Mosaic pavement with mythological scene: Hercules shoots the centaur Nessos abducting his wife, Deianeira.

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