Wall Panel Depicting Bacchus and Silenus

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 18 November 2018
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This panel from a painted wall depicts the wine-god Bacchus and his companion, Silenus. Bacchus pours wine from a cup for the panther while Silenus plays the lyre. From a villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii, in modern-day Italy. Roman period, about 30 BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 18). Wall Panel Depicting Bacchus and Silenus. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9429/wall-panel-depicting-bacchus-and-silenus/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Wall Panel Depicting Bacchus and Silenus." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 18, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9429/wall-panel-depicting-bacchus-and-silenus/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Wall Panel Depicting Bacchus and Silenus." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 18 Nov 2018. Web. 21 Dec 2024.

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