THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mosaic | Rome | Pompeii
1. MOSAIC. Rome.
Doves drinking water.
Floor mosaic.
Inv. No. 114281.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
2. MOSAIC. Rome.
Plato’s Academy.
Mosaic from Pompeii (Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus).
Second style. Early 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 124545.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LIX.
3. MOSAIC. Rome.
The Cave canem (Beware of the dog) floor mosaic at the entrance of the House of the Tragic Poet.
2nd cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Tragic Poet (VI, 8, 5).
4. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting birds.
Mosaic.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Faun (VI. 12. 2).
5. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Greeting inscription at the entrance to the House of the Faun from via della Fortuna.
Mosaic.
1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Faun (VI. 12. 2).
6. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Exedra between the first and second peristyles with a modern copy of a floor mosaic “Battle of Alexander and Darius” in its original location.
Mosaic: modern copy.
Original: 125—120 BCE.
Inv. No. 77237.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Faun (VI. 12. 2).