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Z38.4B CENTAUR

Centaur | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Altes Museum, Berlin
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli
Date ca 118 - 138 A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

A Centaur raises a large boulder above his head preparing to cast it at the tiger which has slain his mate. He wears a leopard-skin cape and a lion lies dead at his feet.

ARTICLES

Centaurs

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Centaur & Centauress

Z38.4 Centaurs