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Are we in Autumn yet? For this #MosaicMonday, here she is. From the Seasons mosaic from Cirencester. I'm not sure she'd have been called 'Pomona', which might be a Victorian thing. Gorgeous grapes! Whole mosaic stunning and can be seen in the wonderful @coriniummuseum.bsky.social 1/2

#MosaicMonday - Mosaic depicting four charioteers with their horses, representing the four factions of the Roman circus: the Greens (Prasina), Reds (Russata), Whites (Albata) and Blues (Veneta). Dated to the 3rd century AD.

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.

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A quick (early) entry - Neptune seems a bit concerned with the speed of his chariot! The triumph of Neptune,found in Besançon and preserved at the Museum of Fine Arts and #Archaeology of Besançon.

#Ancient #Artwork #Art #History

It’s not often that you have a chance to combine #MosaicMonday with #MementoMoriMonday.
(And maybe also #MonkeyMonday?)

This small mosaic, rich with symbolism, was excavated at Pompeii in 1874 and featured in Pink Floyd’s concert film, Live at Pompeii (1972).

A section of the 4th-century CE Months and Seasons pavement mosaic from Carthage, photographed by Mary Harrsch at the British Museum. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

For #mosaicmonday one of my favourites, the so-called "Orion Mosaic" House of Jupiter (V), Pompeii. Supposedly it's Orion apotheosising into an asterism, though I'm not entirely convinced.

Momento Mori mosaic, c1stC BC Pompeii - Shop house, summer triclinium for #mosaicmonday. Naples museum.
📷 my own.

Something cheery to start the week 😀 Hope you have a great one!
A post for #MosaicMonday. This tree of knowledge mosaic is on the wall of a school library. From www.mosaicart.org.uk

Hope your Monday hasn’t shocked the system like it seems to have for this guy! His Leafiness comes from a larger mosaic depicting a bear hunt from the C4th CE. He’s not involved, but is hanging about in the foliage border.

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Pharmacy, Stamford.

📷 Balda Baldessa 1a
🎞️ FujiColor 200

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#MarbleMonday
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Hairy eyeball.

Villa Romana Del Casale, Sicily.
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6th Century Byzantine #Mosaics from the #ancient city Heraclea Lyncestis modern Bitola in #Macedonia.

One portrays a Red hound.

The other a Leopard feeding on a Deer. A central urn displaying peacocks and Deer.

#Art #History #Archaeology

Work In Progress on the Villaquejida octopus. It's advancing slowly; each tessera lining the arms (not tentacles) has to be shaped individually.

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2nd century Roman mosaic depicting the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus (in the form of an eagle) to serve as a cupbearer in Olympus. The mosaic is part of the collections at the Met in New York. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #Roman