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Virgil mosaic  wikidata:Q3324689 reasonator:Q3324689
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Virgil mosaic
label QS:Lfr,"mosaïque de Virgile"
label QS:Len,"Virgil mosaic"
label QS:Lar,"فسيفساء فيرجيل"
label QS:Lzh,"維吉爾鑲嵌畫"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"維吉爾鑲嵌畫"
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Object type mosaic Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Virgil Edit this at Wikidata
Date 3rd century
date QS:P,+250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Medium marble Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions length: 1.2 m (48 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 1.2 m (48 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2043,+1.22U11573
dimensions QS:P2049,+1.22U11573
Place of creation Hadrumetum Edit this at Wikidata
Place of discovery Sousse Edit this at Wikidata
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References http://www.bardomuseum.tn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78%3Avirgile&catid=43%3Alatine-romaine-&Itemid=74&lang=fr Edit this at Wikidata

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  • Deutsch: Der große lateinische Dichter Virgil, in den Händen die Schrift Aeneid. Links steht die Muse "Klio" (Geschichte) und rechts steht die Muse "Melpomene" (Tragödie). Das Mosaik, das aus dem 3. Jahrhundert nach Christus stammt, wurde in der Hadrumetum in Sousse, Tunesien entdeckt und ist jetzt im Bardo-Museum in Tunis, Tunesien.
  • English: The great Latin poet, Virgil, holding a volume on which is written the Aenid. On either side stand the two muses: "Clio" (history) and "Melpomene" (tragedy). The mosaic, which dates from the 3rd Century A.D., was discovered in the Hadrumetum in Sousse, Tunisia and is now on display in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Italiano: Mosaico romano del III secolo d.C. che rappresenta Virgilio con in mano l'Eneide, tra le Muse Clio e Melpomene. Scoperto a Sousse, in Tunisia, ora è esposto nel Museo del Bardo a Tunisi.
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