Title
Mosaic fragment
Date
6th century CE-8th century CE
Creator
Unknown (Byzantine)
Byzantine North Africa
Coverage
Style/Period: Byzantine
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
architecture
Format
Materials/Techniques: mosaics; tesserae
Measurements: 20.3 cm at longest diagonal of mosaic face, 16 cm at narrowest diagonal of mosaic face 4.2 cm thick
Description
Irregularly shaped chunk of mortar and stone, inlaid with mosaic stones. Mostly white, some red and black, forming a leaf and stem pattern. The leaves are formed by 5 red stones, with 2-3 black stones at the base of each leaf. At the edge of the fragment, there is a line of black stones.
Subject
mosaics
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 995.10.1
Record: UO-MCA-995-10-1
Source
Cataloguer: Rhys Tushingham, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Niġel Klemenčič-Puglisevich, Carleton University
Image Date: March 2022
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee