Chariot mosaic with parrot ~ late C2nd–early C3rd CE
This gorgeous piece was found in
1876 during the construction of Via Nazionale in Rome. It seems to depict a larger-than-life parrot driving a chariot!
@phistorians@histodons@antiquidons@archaeodons I’d like to query them how sure they were about that 🦜 interpretation, due to other elements of it. The “horses” in harness do not appear to have rear legs, in fact their forms seem to be blended into a “tail” more akin to dolphins🐬 or 🐋 whales. Hard to be definitive, but perhaps that charioteer is something aquatic?
@phistorians@histodons@antiquidons@archaeodons I knew I had seen them before a long time ago. Thanks 😊 for putting a name to them. And, if they’re half-goat, I suppose a parrot could tell them where to go, as well as a catfish.
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