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The Partial Historians
@phistorians@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

✨Cheeky Kitty✨

This #MosaicMonday celebrate the ancient cats and the birds in this glorious artwork. Such panels are thought to depict abundance and the suggestion of ingredients for a banquet.

This beautiful mosaic is from House of the Faun at Pompeii and is now housed by the MAN Napoli, inv. no. 9993. Photo credit to Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons.

#AncientRome #Pompeii #History

In the upper register, the cat is depicted with a partridge in its mouth, with not a pear tree in sight! The lower register depicts two ducks, identified as a male Eurasian Teal, and a Common Shelduck. They are joined by some smaller birds, some fish, and shellfish.
In the upper register, the cat is depicted with a partridge in its mouth, with not a pear tree in sight! The lower register depicts two ducks, identified as a male Eurasian Teal, and a Common Shelduck. They are joined by some smaller birds, some fish, and shellfish.
In the upper register, the cat is depicted with a partridge in its mouth, with not a pear tree in sight! The lower register depicts two ducks, identified as a male Eurasian Teal, and a Common Shelduck. They are joined by some smaller birds, some fish, and shellfish.
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