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Close up of mosaic tesserae depicting leopard and gazelle facing each other separated by tree within mosaic border, after conservation

Description:
Close up of mosaic tesserae depicting leopard and gazelle facing each other separated by tree within mosaic border, 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, Mosaics, Tesserae, and Stonework
Genre:
color photographs and documentary photography
Conservation Note:
A gazelle and leopard face each other separated by a tree in the middle, with a hyena and a griffin wing partially visible to the sides. Above them is a border of dark grey ivy with heart shaped leaves, and below them is a second border with yellowish-brown and creamy-white tesserae in a double·guilloche pattern (Final Remarks Report).
Copyright Status:
copyrighted
Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Local ID:
arce_ca_mmc_images_0252.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).