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ID: 700009130
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009130
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Ulysse et les Sirènes (mosaic (visual work); unknown Roman in Tunis; ca. 260 BCE; Musée national du Bardo (Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia); unavailable;)
Titles:
Ulysse et les Sirènes (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)
Odysseus tempted by the sirens (C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)
Ulysse résistant aux sirènes (Odyssée XII,160-200) (C,U,RD,French,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
mosaic (visual work) [300015342] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
mosaics (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 260 BCE

Creator Display:
unknown Roman in Tunis [preferred]
artists unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]
Locations:
Other: Creation: Dougga [7017996] Béja (governorate), Tunisia (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Current: Musée national du Bardo (Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia) [500217575] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: unavailable
Display Materials: mosaic
mosaic (process) [300138684]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, inlay (process))

Dimensions: unavailable
General Subject:
literary (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Odysseus and the Sirens [901002033]
.....((Story of Odysseus, Literary themes and narratives, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)
Odysseus, King of Ithaca [901000599]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
sirens (imaginary beings) [300379597]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)
Odyssey [901000730]
.....((Literary works: Poetry, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)
sailors (seamen, general) [300136375]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)
naval ship [300232810]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by specific type>, <watercraft by function>) (AAT)

Outside Iconography:
Code: 94I181 Term: Ulysses, tied to the mast of his ship, passes the Sirens
.....Source: Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Ulysse et les Sirènes........ [VP]
........ National Bardo Museum (2000-) accessed 12 February 2018
Odysseus tempted by the sirens........ [VP]
........ National Bardo Museum (2000-) accessed 12 February 2018
Ulysse résistant aux sirènes (Odyssée XII,160-200)........ [VP]
........ National Bardo Museum (2000-) accessed 12 February 2018
Subject: ....... [VP]
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