Mosaic Pavement Fragment with a Peahen
Syrian
The peahen is depicted mainly in profile with its head turned as it looks out over its back. It is a colorful fragment with accurate modeling of the tree, color, shading of foliage, and blue tones in the peahen's neck, which are formed by tesserae of blue glass.
Stone and glass tesserae embedded in mortar
Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine