Lion Hunt mosaic

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Hellenistic artwork Macedonian mosaic ancient floor mosaic

The Lion Hunt mosaic is a renowned ancient floor mosaic from Pella, Greece, depicting a dynamic lion-hunting scene and exemplifying the high artistic achievement of Hellenistic Macedonian art.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pella mosaics	2
Lion Hunt mosaic canonical	1
Lion Hunt mosaic of Pella	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T915618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lion Hunt mosaic
Context triple: [Pella, Greece, knownFor, Lion Hunt mosaic]

A. Stag Hunt mosaic
The Stag Hunt mosaic is a renowned Hellenistic floor mosaic from ancient Pella depicting hunters pursuing a stag, celebrated for its sophisticated composition and early use of perspective.
B. House of Dionysus mosaic
The House of Dionysus mosaic is a renowned Hellenistic floor mosaic depicting the god Dionysus riding a panther, celebrated as one of the finest examples of ancient Greek mosaic art.
C. Zeugma Mosaic Museum
The Zeugma Mosaic Museum is a renowned archaeological museum in Gaziantep, Turkey, housing one of the world’s largest and most impressive collections of Roman mosaics from the ancient city of Zeugma.
D. Palatine lion
The Palatine lion is a heraldic lion symbol historically associated with the Electorate of the Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire, prominently featured in its arms and insignia.
E. Mosaic
Mosaic is the highest elite status tier in the TrueBlue loyalty program, offering members enhanced travel benefits and premium perks.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lion Hunt mosaic
Target entity description: The Lion Hunt mosaic is a renowned ancient floor mosaic from Pella, Greece, depicting a dynamic lion-hunting scene and exemplifying the high artistic achievement of Hellenistic Macedonian art.

A. Stag Hunt mosaic
The Stag Hunt mosaic is a renowned Hellenistic floor mosaic from ancient Pella depicting hunters pursuing a stag, celebrated for its sophisticated composition and early use of perspective.
B. House of Dionysus mosaic
The House of Dionysus mosaic is a renowned Hellenistic floor mosaic depicting the god Dionysus riding a panther, celebrated as one of the finest examples of ancient Greek mosaic art.
C. Zeugma Mosaic Museum
The Zeugma Mosaic Museum is a renowned archaeological museum in Gaziantep, Turkey, housing one of the world’s largest and most impressive collections of Roman mosaics from the ancient city of Zeugma.
D. Palatine lion
The Palatine lion is a heraldic lion symbol historically associated with the Electorate of the Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire, prominently featured in its arms and insignia.
E. Mosaic
Mosaic is the highest elite status tier in the TrueBlue loyalty program, offering members enhanced travel benefits and premium perks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic artwork ⓘ Macedonian mosaic ⓘ ancient floor mosaic ⓘ
approximateDate	late 4th century BCE ⓘ reign of Alexander the Great or shortly after ⓘ
artForm	mosaic ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	evidence for development from pebble to tessellated mosaics ⓘ key example of early Hellenistic mosaic art ⓘ
artisticStyle	Hellenistic Macedonian art ⓘ
associatedWith	Lion Hunt mosaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pella mosaics court culture of Macedon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greece ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ Ancient Macedonian ⓘ
depicts	dynamic hunting scene ⓘ lion hunt scene ⓘ
discoveredIn	Pella excavations ⓘ
floorOrWall	floor mosaic ⓘ
foundInArchaeologicalSite	Pella, Greece ⓘ surface form: Pella
foundInBuildingType	elite residence ⓘ private house ⓘ
function	luxury domestic decoration ⓘ
genre	mythological and hunting scene ⓘ
hasSubject	hunters ⓘ lion ⓘ weapons ⓘ
iconography	heroic hunters attacking a lion ⓘ royal hunting symbolism ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Central Macedonia ⓘ
locatedInTheCountry	Greece ⓘ
materialUsed	pebble ⓘ stone tesserae ⓘ
movement	Hellenistic art ⓘ
notableFor	dynamic composition ⓘ high artistic quality ⓘ importance for study of Macedonian art ⓘ naturalistic rendering of figures ⓘ use of shading and perspective ⓘ
period	Hellenistic period ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Pella, Greece ⓘ surface form: Pella
presentLocation	Archaeological Museum of Pella ⓘ
region	Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia
symbolizes	aristocratic virtue ⓘ royal power ⓘ
technique	pebble mosaic technique ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pella, Greece → knownFor → Lion Hunt mosaic ⓘ

Stag Hunt mosaic → associatedWith → Lion Hunt mosaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pella mosaics

Stag Hunt mosaic → relatedWork → Lion Hunt mosaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lion Hunt mosaic of Pella

Lion Hunt mosaic → associatedWith → Lion Hunt mosaic self-linksurface differs ⓘ