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Location

SEPP0031

Sepphoris, Second to fourth century CE. Villa floor. Mosaic.

Transcription

[no transcription]

Translation

InebriationInebriationBathing of DionysusBacchantMarriageProcessionGrape-treadersFlocksRevelryGift-bearers

Diplomatic

ΜΕΘΗΜΕΘΗΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΛΟΥΤΡΑΒΑΧΧΕΥΜΕΝΑΙΟΣΠΟΜΠΗΛΗΝΟΒΑΤΕΠΟΙΜΝΑΙΚΩΜΟΣΔΩΡΟΦΟΡΟΙ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
"revelry" is sometimes a technical term denoting the festivities of Dionysus

Languages

Dimensions

H: 530 cm; W: 720 cm; D: —

Date

160 CE to 363 CE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • The Education of the Child Dionysos by the Nymphs of Nysa 45 x 40 cm panel in the center of the mosaic's eastern side.

  • The Drunkenness of Dionysos 91.5 x 4.0 cm panel at the northern end of the west side of the mosaic. image sepp0031b.

  • The Wedding Banquet of Dionysos and Ariadne 90 x 40 cm panel. southernmost panel on the western side of the mosaic. image sepp0031g.

  • Fragment of a pedum and "a figure holding a thyrsus above his right shoulder." northwestern corner of the central carpet

  • Herakles Assaulting a Woman 78 x 44.5 cm panel adjoining the southern side of the central panel.

  • The Grape-treaders 55 x 45.5 cm panel in the center of the northern side of the mosaic.

  • The Drunkenness of Herakles 48.5 x 43 cm panel in the eastern corner of southern row of panels. image sepp0031d.

  • Revelry 46.5 x 40.5 cm panel at the centern of the mosaic's eastern side. image sepp0031e.

  • The Gift-bearers 80 x 45.5 cm panel adjacent to the northern edge of the central panel. image sepp0031h.

  • "The upper part of a figure carrying a liknon on its head." southwestern corner of the central carpet

  • The Triumphal Procession 43 x 41 cm panel in the center of the southern side the mosaic sepp0031f.

  • The Goatherds 52.5 x 45.5 cm panel at the eastern end of the northern row of the mosaic.

  • Drinking Contest between Dionysos and Herakles with guilloche frame large (135 x 78 cm) panel in center of triclinium floor

  • The Bathing of the Infant Dionysos 91 x 40.5 cm panel at the northern end of the eastern side of the mosaic. image sepp0031c.

  • Fragment of a panel of "a standing figure and probably a woman reclining on the ground" and "a seated figure." southern end of the eastern row.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Talgam, R., and Z. Weiss. The Mosaic of the House of Dionysos at Sepphoris: Excavated by E. M. Meyers, E. Netzer and C. L. Meyers. Vol. 44. Qedem. Jerusalem: nstitute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2004. http://www.jstor.org.revproxy.brown.edu/stable/43587595.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

  • Talgam, R., and Z. Weiss. The Mosaic of the House of Dionysos at Sepphoris: Excavated by E. M. Meyers, E. Netzer and C. L. Meyers. Vol. 44. Qedem. Jerusalem: nstitute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2004. http://www.jstor.org.revproxy.brown.edu/stable/43587595.
    Zotero

Other sources

  • Talgam, R., and Z. Weiss. The Mosaic of the House of Dionysos at Sepphoris: Excavated by E. M. Meyers, E. Netzer and C. L. Meyers. Vol. 44. Qedem. Jerusalem: nstitute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2004. http://www.jstor.org.revproxy.brown.edu/stable/43587595.
    Zotero
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