MosaicsRoman4th century CE

Fragment of a Mosaic Pavement with Maenad, from the Constantinian Villa at Daphne-Harbie

325-350 CE

Description

This fragmentary mosaic panel likely represents a maenad. The remaining portion of the pavement depicts a female head, tilted to the right, with hair in shades of brown. The figure carries or wears a bundle of flowers in shades of deep purple and pink stone tesserae. Traces of green glass tesserae frame the bouquet. The figure is surrounded by a pointed frame, which when complete would have formed an elliptical shape.

Classification

Mosaics

Medium

Stone and glass tesserae mosaic

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Late

Century

4th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 68.6 cm h x W. 94 cm w (27 x 37 in.)

Provenance

Excavated from Constantinian Villa (Room 1, lower level), Daphne-Harbie 26 K/L (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939.