Close up of mosaic tesserae with Eros and fallen stag partially visible, after conservation
- Description:
- Close up of mosaic tesserae with Eros and fallen stag partially visible, 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, Animals in art, Wildlife-related recreation, Mosaics, Tesserae, and Stonework
- Genre:
- color photographs and documentary photography
- Conservation Note:
- To the left of the first Eros, a stag has fallen to its knees. The animal is struggling to get up, leaning on its right front leg, and stretching its head upwards. The one visible eye glances in desperation at the hunters. The body of the stag is of pale yellow tesserae with black and dark-gray dots. Its mouth is indicated with pink tesserae, the ear is pink and yellow, and the horns are white, as is the front of the chest and the part of the head around the mouth. The eye is made of a specially-cut white stone and a few tesserae and wide lead strips. Lead is also used to mark the contours and body details (Final Remarks Report).
- Copyright Status:
- copyrighted
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Local ID:
- arce_ca_mmc_images_0032.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).