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Location:

  • Libya, Madīnat Ţulmaythah
  • geo:32.707645,20.949032
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Class:

  • Villa rustica
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=42818

Annotations

The House of Orpheus Mosaic dates back to the end of the IVth or beginning of the Vth century.

See:

  1. R. M. Harrison, “Orpheus Mosaic at Ptolemais,” JRS 52 (1962), pp. 13-18
  2. G. Caputo, La protezione dei monumenti di Tolemaide negli anni 1935- 1942,Quaderni di archeologia della Libia 3, 1954, pp. 33-66
  3. Szymon Lenarczyk, Warsztaty rzemieślnicze w Ptolemais w okresie późnorzymskim. Ze tudiów nad przemianami zabudowy miejskiej - https://depotuw.ceon.pl/bitstream/handle/item/1888/Lenarczyk%20-%20Tom%20I%20(1).pdf?sequence=10

Relevant museums

Ptolemais Museum

Ptolemais Museum


Nearby

Villa Four Seasons, Ptolemais

Known for the Four Seasons mosaic.

Ptolemais, Central Basilica

Central Basilica

Ptolemais, Fortress Church

Ptolemais, Fortress Church


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