Location: Main hall. 

Name: Fragment of a mural painting

Chronology: 2nd century A.D.

Production site: Silla (Valencia)

Material: Frescoed stucco

Dimensions: 10×9 cm

Use and function: Decoration of the most important rooms in the house

Description: It shows a figure representing Dionysus (Bacchus in Rome). Characteristic attributes include the crown of vine leaves, the nebris or cheetah skin on the left and a long pole adorned with ivy. As in other depictions of Dionysus, the body also arches in a pronounced contraposto, forming the Praxitelian curve

Provenance of find: Silla. Archaeological site of Mas de Baix. 2010