Z38.4B CENTAUR
Museum Collection | Altes Museum, Berlin |
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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.