MosaicsRoman4th century CE

Fragment of mosaic with wave pattern

4th century CE

Description

Irregularly shaped mosaic fragment consisting of small white tesserae. A pattern of parallel and repeating waves runs the length of the panel in black tesserae (1). 1. AIEMA no. 190; R. and A. Ovadiah, Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine Mosaic Pavements in Israel, (L’Erma di Bretschneider, 1987), p. 203 no. B7-8

Classification

Mosaics

Medium

Stone tesserae

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

4th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

67.3 cm h x 128.3 cm w x 3.8 cm d (26 1/2 x 50 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Building Adjacent to the Temple at Samaria/Sebaste (470N/650E), 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.