Detail of the Drinking Contest Mosaic from Antioch in the Princeton University Art Museum, August 2009

Roman

Mosaic pavement: drinking contest of Herakles and Dionysos, early 3rd century A.D.

Stone and glass

h. 526.0 cm., w. 527.0 cm. (207 1/16 x 207 1/2 in.)
figural scene: h. 229.2 cm., w. 295.5 cm. (90 1/4 x 116 5/16 in.)

Place excavated: The House of the Drinking Contest, Turkey

Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University

y1965-216

Text from: www.princetonartmuseum.org/collections/objects/29551