Mosaic fragment. Animal frieze.

Country

Sweden

Provider

The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Collection

91646_Ag_SE_SwedishNationalHeritage_smvk-mmgrom

Fragment of what appears to have been an animal frieze or a hunting scene. Depicts a wild ass against a light background of buff-white tesserae, fleeing in agony, running with a distorted neck, and with the head turned towards the attacker. The mane is in shaggy, dark tufts and the tail is similar to a mule’s, but smaller. The hoofs on the hindlegs are similar to paws. Two to four rows of tesserae follow the shape of the animal, outlined in brown and black tesserae and the body is filled with cr

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