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The composition of the Delos mosaics and pavements include simple pebble constructions, chip-pavement made of white marble, ceramic fragments, and pieces of tesserae. [2] [6] [13] The latter falls into two categories: the simpler, tessellated opus tessellatum using large pieces of tesserae, on average eight by eight millimeters, [14] and the finer opus vermiculatum using pieces of tesserae ...
English: Mosaic with pigeons, from Delos Circa 100 BC. Archaeological Museum of Delos. Čeština: Mozaika s holubicemi. Z Délu, kolem roku 100 před n. l ...
English: A Hellenistic Greek mosaic depicting the god Dionysos as a winged daimon riding on a tiger, from the House of Dionysos at Delos in the South Aegean region of Greece, late 2nd century BC; sources:
English: Large mosaic floor from a house in Delos' "Jewelery Quarter". The central medailon: Athena in golden armour and helmet and Hermes in a chlamys (cloak) and petasos (traveling hat) surround a throning figure that can no longer be identified. Circa 100 BC. Archaeological Museum of Delos.
The paved walkways of Delos range from simple pebble or chip-pavement constructions to elaborate mosaic floors composed of tesserae. Most motifs contain simple geometric patterns, while a handful utilize the opus tessellatum and opus vermiculatum techniques to create lucid, naturalistic, and richly colored scenes and figures.
Estimated to be around 2,300-years-old, the work is part of a larger aristocratic mansion located near the Roman Forum, which has been under excavation since 2018.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.