Title

Mosaic floor, Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Kent, 1991

Caption

The mosaic floor at the excavated Lullingtone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Kent, 1991. Detail depicting the Abduction of Europa by Jupiter guised as a bull, with two cupids. The villa was built around AD100 and discovered in 1939.

Date

1991

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19A80_123

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,9Mb) / 15,7in x 12,3in / 4721 x 3701 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal Italy building buildings England house religious discovery country Rome religion heart color colour bull archaeology excavation deity God Roman mosaic villa tile location century floor Kent Jupiter concept cupid swastika mythology roman mythology excavations archeology goddess abduction Nineties Europa 20th century English Heritage 1990s 2nd century decade Eynsford Lullingstone Roman Villa Roman archaeology Roman villa Sybil TGN photograph Unknown photograph