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Mosaic with Street Musicians (signed by Dioskourides of Samos) in Villa of Cicero, Pompeii
The figures are playing musical instruments often connected with the cult of Cybele: the tambourine, small cymbals and the double flute. The mosaic is one of the finest surviving works from the ancient Roman world. It measures 41×43 cm. None of the stones are larger than 2.5mm and many of the finer details are made with tesserae smaller than 1 sq. mm.
Now it is in the Naples National Archaeological Museum
Now it is in the Naples National Archaeological Museum