MosaicsRoman2nd-3rd century CE

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

2nd-3rd century CE

Description

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.

Classification

Mosaics

Medium

Stone tesserae

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

2nd-3rd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

47 cm h x 95.3 cm w x 5.1 cm d (18 1/2 x 36 3/4 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Stadium Building at Samaria/Sebaste, excavated; by the Joint Expedition to Samaria (Harvard University, Palestine Exploration Fund, Hebrew University Jerusalem, British Academy, the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem) (1931), dispersed; to Fogg Museum of Art, 1931. NB: Excavated under the authority of the British Department of Antiquities, Jerusalem. Transferred to the Fogg Museum of Art in 1931 and accessioned in 2016.