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Stage 6: Assembly of mosaic sections and remounting in Greco-Roman museum

Description:
Stage 6: Assembly of mosaic sections and remounting in Greco-Roman museum
Physical Description:
46 photographs
Author:
ARCE Project Staff and Vincent, Robert
Date Created:
March-July 2003
Collection:
Greco-Roman Museum Mosaic Conservation
Series:
Conservation work in progress
Location:
Alexandria, Egypt and Al Iskandarīyah
Time Period:
Hellenistic Period and Ptolemaic Period
Topic:
Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Animals in art, Wildlife-related recreation, Greek mythology, Greek gods, Art, Greco-Roman, Floral motifs, Love, and Museums
Cultural Object:
Stonework, Mosaics, Tesserae, Stonework, Mosaics, Tesserae, Stonework, Mosaics, Tesserae, Stonework, Mosaics, Tesserae, Stonework, Mosaics, Tesserae, Stonework, Mosaics, and Tesserae
Fieldwork activities:
personnel, conservation (process), cleaning, assembling (additive and joining process), work site, stone-working, frames (protective furnishings), field tools, infills (filled lacunae areas), adhesives, personnel, conservation (process), cleaning, assembling (additive and joining process), work site, stone-working, frames (protective furnishings), field tools, infills (filled lacunae areas), adhesives, personnel, conservation (process), cleaning, assembling (additive and joining process), work site, stone-working, frames (protective furnishings), field tools, infills (filled lacunae areas), adhesives, personnel, conservation (process), cleaning, assembling (additive and joining process), work site, stone-working, frames (protective furnishings), field tools, infills (filled lacunae areas), adhesives, personnel, conservation (process), cleaning, assembling (additive and joining process), work site, stone-working, frames (protective furnishings), field tools, infills (filled lacunae areas), adhesives, personnel, conservation (process), cleaning, assembling (additive and joining process), work site, stone-working, frames (protective furnishings), field tools, infills (filled lacunae areas), and adhesives
Genre:
color photographs
Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights Statement:
Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
Project History:
Within the walls of the Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt are three intricate mosaics of very fine quality between the second and third century, BCE. Under the auspices of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), Father Michele Piccirillo of the Studium Biblicum Franciscum directed the conservation of the mosaics. Notably, it resulted in the public viewing of the stag hunt mosaic for the first time since its discovery. Conservation work was made possible with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
Funding Agency:
Greco-Roman Museum Mosaic Conservation project was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-00089-00 and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).