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Mosaic with geometric design: fragment with inscription (four of four fragments from a floor)

Mosaic with geometric design: fragment with inscription (four of four fragments from a floor)

Roman

One of four fragments of a large, square floor pavement with a geometric design (2016.53.2, 2016.53.3, 2016.53.1) and inscription. This black and white mosaic fragment depicts a partial Greek inscription reading EUTROPIOU. The letters are framed within a tabula ansata, the rectangular tablet shape with dovetail handles. Here, only the right handle is preserved.

Stone tesserae

Roman Imperial period

Mosaics