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GALLERIA SUPERIORE 1. 21, 22
279
(c) Fragment, -iy m. x -12 m.; fine work. The lower limbs of a male
figure who strides to 1., wearing a short bluish C/AA72 and greaves (?), and
carrying a round shield (yellow) and spear. Between his legs is inscribed
nOAVAA(/ras). To the 1. is the hand of another figure holding a wooden
club (?) or spear shaft (?).
Since the warrior does not appear to be fighting, this mosaic probably
illustrates the same scene of Polydamas explaining to Hector the omens
seen by the Trojans which is shown in the illustrated Codex of the Iliad
at Milan, where the names are written above the heads of the figures, cf.
TA'aaA yTr/acyka^^/a A^^rasiaTza (Milan, 1905), pi. 39, p. 44.
Found near S. Lucia in Selce.
AW/. Gw. xvi (1888), pp. 394, 424, and 4^9 ; AI?/. Gay., 1888, p. 627 ;
Roscher, iii, p. 2638.
A G xiv, add. 1302^.
(7) Fragment -12 m. x -102 m.; uncertain.
(c) Fragment,-173 m.x-132 m. Twomen, apparentlynude. The
one on the 1. kneels, holds a stick (? oar) in his r. and pulls at a large
dark-blue object with his 1. The other, on r., stands frontally, with head
turned to his r., and holds a yellowish-white mass (? net) with both hands.
This seems to be connected with the object held by the first man.
Found in i8yg near SS. Pietro and Marcellino.
A;;//. Gw;, iii (i8y$), p. 240.
(_/*) Fragment, -12 m. x-09y m.; background.
(yy) Fragment, -093 m. x -08 m.; background.
(A) Fragment, -133 m. x-24 m. Much damaged. Above a curved
white double line rises a marine deity. The decoration of a fountain or
72y 772y7<2<?%772.
(2) Fragment, -11 m. x -15 m. Part of a border. Chevrons in red
and blue alternately on a white ground, between borders of double spiral
columns of glass enamel.
Found on the Esquiline in i8yy (Aaa&a Zkwr., Ac. r;?.); R. T.
Gunther, TAzKJvTy/w; (1913), p. 89 ('a fragment of plaster in the Capito-
line Museum with three glass rods embedded').
Fragments (a), (c), and (2') were formerly in Mus. Cap., A/a72xc
Terrene a -nWAra /(.iViwpa Zkrc?'., p. 48, nos. 19, 20, p. g2, no. 23).
22. MOSAIC WITH SEA-HORSES (pi. III).
H. .34 m., L. .58 m.
Coarse and much damaged.
The mosaic, which is concave, probably decorated a fountain. It
represents a figure in a chariot driving two Ay5yAr<27;2/<2'. The work is
carried out entirely in green on a bright blue background.
Found in i8y6 on the site of the Gardens of Maecenas. Formerly
in the Mus. Cap., <SYa72x<? 2L7VC72C a .svWjAa 7 (AAwa 79cycr., p. 4*/,
no. ig).
AW/. G772;. iv (T8y6), p. 213, no. 4; Ac/. Gar;'., i8y6, p. 55.
279
(c) Fragment, -iy m. x -12 m.; fine work. The lower limbs of a male
figure who strides to 1., wearing a short bluish C/AA72 and greaves (?), and
carrying a round shield (yellow) and spear. Between his legs is inscribed
nOAVAA(/ras). To the 1. is the hand of another figure holding a wooden
club (?) or spear shaft (?).
Since the warrior does not appear to be fighting, this mosaic probably
illustrates the same scene of Polydamas explaining to Hector the omens
seen by the Trojans which is shown in the illustrated Codex of the Iliad
at Milan, where the names are written above the heads of the figures, cf.
TA'aaA yTr/acyka^^/a A^^rasiaTza (Milan, 1905), pi. 39, p. 44.
Found near S. Lucia in Selce.
AW/. Gw. xvi (1888), pp. 394, 424, and 4^9 ; AI?/. Gay., 1888, p. 627 ;
Roscher, iii, p. 2638.
A G xiv, add. 1302^.
(7) Fragment -12 m. x -102 m.; uncertain.
(c) Fragment,-173 m.x-132 m. Twomen, apparentlynude. The
one on the 1. kneels, holds a stick (? oar) in his r. and pulls at a large
dark-blue object with his 1. The other, on r., stands frontally, with head
turned to his r., and holds a yellowish-white mass (? net) with both hands.
This seems to be connected with the object held by the first man.
Found in i8yg near SS. Pietro and Marcellino.
A;;//. Gw;, iii (i8y$), p. 240.
(_/*) Fragment, -12 m. x-09y m.; background.
(yy) Fragment, -093 m. x -08 m.; background.
(A) Fragment, -133 m. x-24 m. Much damaged. Above a curved
white double line rises a marine deity. The decoration of a fountain or
72y 772y7<2<?%772.
(2) Fragment, -11 m. x -15 m. Part of a border. Chevrons in red
and blue alternately on a white ground, between borders of double spiral
columns of glass enamel.
Found on the Esquiline in i8yy (Aaa&a Zkwr., Ac. r;?.); R. T.
Gunther, TAzKJvTy/w; (1913), p. 89 ('a fragment of plaster in the Capito-
line Museum with three glass rods embedded').
Fragments (a), (c), and (2') were formerly in Mus. Cap., A/a72xc
Terrene a -nWAra /(.iViwpa Zkrc?'., p. 48, nos. 19, 20, p. g2, no. 23).
22. MOSAIC WITH SEA-HORSES (pi. III).
H. .34 m., L. .58 m.
Coarse and much damaged.
The mosaic, which is concave, probably decorated a fountain. It
represents a figure in a chariot driving two Ay5yAr<27;2/<2'. The work is
carried out entirely in green on a bright blue background.
Found in i8y6 on the site of the Gardens of Maecenas. Formerly
in the Mus. Cap., <SYa72x<? 2L7VC72C a .svWjAa 7 (AAwa 79cycr., p. 4*/,
no. ig).
AW/. G772;. iv (T8y6), p. 213, no. 4; Ac/. Gar;'., i8y6, p. 55.