Meleager on Horseback- Part of a Mosaic from Halicarnassus in the British Museum, May 2014

Object type: mosaic pavement term details

Museum number: 1857,1220.440

Description: Part of a panel from a mosaic pavement: Meleager, on horseback, spears a leopard. The panel is inscribed in Greek with the hero's name.

Culture/period: Roman

Date: 4thC

Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Halicarnassus, villa;
(Asia,Turkey,Aegean Region (Turkey),Caria,Bodrum,Halicarnassus)

Materials: stone

Technique: mosaic

Dimensions: Height: 1.4 metres
Length: 1.67 metres


Inscription Language: Greek

Acquisition name: Excavated by: Sir Charles Thomas Newton


Acquisition date: 1857


Department: Greek & Roman Antiquities


Part of a panel from a mosaic pavement: Meleager, on horseback, spears a leopard. The panel is inscribed in Greek with the hero's name.


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