Aerial shot of mosaic after conservation
- Description:
- Aerial shot of mosaic after conservation
- Photographer:
- Image captured by Project Staff
- Date Created:
- 2002
- 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), Animals in art, Greek mythology, Greek gods, Love, Wildlife-related recreation, Damage--Antiquities, Mosaics, Tesserae, and Stonework
- Genre:
- color photographs and documentary photography
- Conservation Note:
- The mosaic depicts three Erotes (with one not fully visible due to the lacuna), winged Gods of love and sexual intercourse and part of Aphrodite’s court. The Erotes are seen engaging in stag hunting as evidenced by the hunting weapons they carry and the fallen stag in the center of the mosaic. The border of the hunting scene is threefold, with a decorative, inner border, followed by a second border containing various different animals and mythological creatures, and a final decorative border, after which is the largely plain, monochrome frame of the mosaic (Final Remarks Report).
- Copyright Status:
- copyrighted
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Local ID:
- arce_ca_mmc_images_0246.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).