Lod Mosaic
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The Lod Mosaic is a remarkably well-preserved, large Roman-era floor mosaic discovered in the city of Lod in Israel, renowned for its intricate depictions of animals, ships, and geometric patterns.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Mona Lisa of the Galilee" mosaic | 1 |
| Lod Mosaic canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4359792 — 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: Lod Mosaic Context triple: [Lod, hasLandmark, Lod Mosaic]
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A.
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.
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B.
Alexander Mosaic
The Alexander Mosaic is a famous Roman floor mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, depicting Alexander the Great’s battle against the Persian king Darius III and renowned for its intricate detail and historical significance.
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C.
Hospitality of Abraham mosaic
The Hospitality of Abraham mosaic is a renowned Byzantine artwork at Daphni Monastery depicting the Old Testament scene of Abraham welcoming three angelic visitors, often interpreted as a prefiguration of the Holy Trinity.
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D.
Virgil Mosaic
Virgil Mosaic is an ancient Roman floor mosaic depicting the poet Virgil, renowned for its artistic detail and literary significance, and preserved today as a major archaeological artwork.
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E.
Lion Hunt 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.
- 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: Lod Mosaic Target entity description: The Lod Mosaic is a remarkably well-preserved, large Roman-era floor mosaic discovered in the city of Lod in Israel, renowned for its intricate depictions of animals, ships, and geometric patterns.
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A.
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.
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B.
Alexander Mosaic
The Alexander Mosaic is a famous Roman floor mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, depicting Alexander the Great’s battle against the Persian king Darius III and renowned for its intricate detail and historical significance.
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C.
Hospitality of Abraham mosaic
The Hospitality of Abraham mosaic is a renowned Byzantine artwork at Daphni Monastery depicting the Old Testament scene of Abraham welcoming three angelic visitors, often interpreted as a prefiguration of the Holy Trinity.
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D.
Virgil Mosaic
Virgil Mosaic is an ancient Roman floor mosaic depicting the poet Virgil, renowned for its artistic detail and literary significance, and preserved today as a major archaeological artwork.
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E.
Lion Hunt 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman mosaic
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archaeological artifact ⓘ floor mosaic ⓘ |
| associatedProject | Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| condition | well-preserved ⓘ |
| conservation | lifted and conserved for display ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date |
early 4th century CE
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late 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Israel Antiquities Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredDuring | road construction in Lod ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1996 ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Israel Antiquities Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationDirector |
Miriam Avissar
NERFINISHED
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Shmuel Talis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Altes Museum, Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Field Museum, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermitage Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel Museum, Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Penn Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
animal depictions
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antelope depictions ⓘ big cat depictions ⓘ bird depictions ⓘ elephant depictions ⓘ fish depictions ⓘ geometric patterns ⓘ giraffe depictions ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ leopard depictions ⓘ lion depictions ⓘ marine life scenes ⓘ mythological motifs ⓘ rhinoceros depictions ⓘ ship depictions ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 180 square meters ⓘ |
| heritagePeriod | Roman period ⓘ |
| iconography |
emphasis on animals and nature
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maritime themes ⓘ non-figural human representation absent ⓘ |
| inscriptions | no known inscriptions ⓘ |
| length | approximately 17 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central District, Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Lod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Israel Antiquities Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
glass tesserae
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stone tesserae ⓘ |
| originalFunction | floor of a wealthy Roman villa ⓘ |
| owner | State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | wealthy Roman-period homeowner in Lod ⓘ |
| significance |
exceptional state of preservation
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major example of Roman-period luxury domestic art in the Levant ⓘ one of the most important Roman mosaics discovered in Israel ⓘ |
| style |
Eastern Mediterranean mosaic tradition
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Roman provincial art ⓘ |
| touringExhibition | Lod Mosaic: A Roman Masterpiece from Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touringExhibitionStart | 2009 ⓘ |
| width | approximately 8 meters ⓘ |
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Subject: Lod Mosaic Description of subject: The Lod Mosaic is a remarkably well-preserved, large Roman-era floor mosaic discovered in the city of Lod in Israel, renowned for its intricate depictions of animals, ships, and geometric patterns.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
"Mona Lisa of the Galilee" mosaic