Image: Mosaic pavement depicting two panthers drinking from a krater used to mix wine with water, from the crater a vine grows, found in Sant'Antioco, 2nd or 3rd century AD, Sant'Antioco Archaeological Museum, Sardinia (16568237797)
Description: The krater, the panther and the vegetal decoration (probably vines) were part of the imagery typical of the cult of Bacchus (the Greek Dionysus).
Title: Mosaic pavement depicting two panthers drinking from a krater used to mix wine with water, from the crater a vine grows, found in Sant'Antioco, 2nd or 3rd century AD, Sant'Antioco Archaeological Museum, Sardinia (16568237797)
Credit: Mosaic pavement depicting two panthers drinking from a krater used to mix wine with water, from the crater a vine grows, found in Sant'Antioco, 2nd or 3rd century AD, Sant'Antioco Archaeological Museum, Sardinia
Author: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany
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