Close up of mosaic edge depicting border, after conservation
- Description:
- Close up of mosaic edge depicting border, after conservation
- Photographer:
- Image captured by Project Staff
- Date Created:
- July 16, 2003
- Collection:
- Greco-Roman Museum Mosaic Conservation
- Series:
- Post-conservation
- Subseries:
- Stag Hunt Mosaic
- Location:
- Alexandria, Egypt and Al Iskandarīyah
- Time Period:
- Hellenistic Period and Ptolemaic Period
- Topic:
- Art, Greco-Roman, Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Mosaics, Tesserae, and Stonework
- Genre:
- color photographs and documentary photography
- Conservation Note:
- A hyena is running to the right with an open mouth and a red tongue indicated with pieces of terracotta. Its body is made of creamy-white tesserae and oblong dark-gray laminae used to indicate the dark stripes on the skin. The long and bushy tail is made of yellow and brown pebbles and lead strips. The haircoat on the back is shown by means of creamy-white pebbles and wide lead strips. Some shading of the inner parts of the legs is indicated with light pink tesserae. The teeth and eyeballs are made of specially cut white stones. The iris rendered by a black pebble is surrounded with a lead strip. Highlights are in white and red. Next to it, a leopard is shown standing on all four legs. It has a long S-shaped tail terminating in a tuft of hair, rendered with yellow and brown pebbles. Its body is made of creamy white and almost black tesserae. The nose and the shading of the inner parts of the legs were indicated with light-pink cubes. The eye is composed of a black pebble with white and red highlights. (Final Remarks Report).
- Copyright Status:
- copyrighted
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Local ID:
- arce_ca_mmc_images_0015.tif
- 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).