Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Sepp 0031

Sepphoris, Second to fourth century CE. Villa floor. Mosaic.

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"Central carpet" of the mosaic has a height of 165 cm and a width of 320 cm.

One line and one to two columns of writing are found in each of eleven surviving panels.

Drinking Contest between Dionysos and Herakles with guilloche frame Large (135 x 78 cm) panel in center of triclinium floor The Drunkenness of Herakles 48.5 x 43 cm panel in the eastern corner of southern row of panels. Image sepp0031d. The Drunkenness of Dionysos 91.5 x 4.0 cm panel at the northern end of the west side of the mosaic. Image sepp0031b. Herakles Assaulting a Woman 78 x 44.5 cm panel adjoining the southern side of the central panel. The Bathing of the Infant Dionysos 91 x 40.5 cm panel at the northern end of the eastern side of the mosaic. Image sepp0031c. The Education of the Child Dionysos by the Nymphs of Nysa 45 x 40 cm panel in the center of the mosaic's eastern side. The Wedding Banquet of Dionysos and Ariadne 90 x 40 cm panel. Southernmost panel on the western side of the mosaic. Image sepp0031g. The Triumphal Procession 43 x 41 cm panel in the center of the southern side the mosaic sepp0031f. The Grape-treaders 55 x 45.5 cm panel in the center of the northern side of the mosaic. The Goatherds 52.5 x 45.5 cm panel at the eastern end of the northern row of the mosaic. Revelry 46.5 x 40.5 cm panel at the centern of the mosaic's eastern side. Image sepp0031e. The Gift-bearers 80 x 45.5 cm panel adjacent to the northern edge of the central panel. Image sepp0031h. Fragment of a panel of "a standing figure and probably a woman reclining on the ground" and "a seated figure." Southern end of the eastern row. Fragment of a pedum and "a figure holding a thyrsus above his right shoulder." Northwestern corner of the central carpet "The upper part of a figure carrying a liknon on its head." Southwestern corner of the central carpet

Late second to fourth century CE Galilee Sepphoris Dionysius House Floor of the triclinium

The house is "at the eastern end of the acropolis ... next to the theater"

Taxonomies for IIP controlled values

Initial Entry Edited (Bibliography, Material, Date, Locus) encoded Greek and translation Edited (Decorations)
Zev Radovan Zev Radovan Zev Radovan Zev Radovan Zev Radovan Zev Radovan Zev Radovan Zev Radovan

ΜΕΘΗΜΕΘΗΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΛΟΥΤΡΑΒΑΧΧΕΥΜΕΝΑΙΟΣΠΟΜΠΗΛΗΝΟΒΑΤΕΠΟΙΜΝΑΙΚΩΜΟΣΔΩΡΟΦΟΡΟΙ

InebriationInebriationBathing of DionysusBacchantMarriageProcessionGrape-treadersFlocksRevelryGift-bearers

"revelry" is sometimes a technical term denoting the festivities of Dionysus

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