Mausoleum Phi

Name of structure: Mausoleum Phi
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Type of structure: Mausoleum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Vatican Necropolis, Rome
Date of structure: Early third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
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Specific place of mosaic: Below the window on the left approximately level with the travertine door lintel,
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Part of a polychrome mosaic showing the lower half of a pine tree with a large feline at the base. A young male to the left holding a branch of the tree and a maenad carrying a sword behind him, identifies the subject as the death of Pentheus
Date of mosaic: Early third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 AD
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