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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 ...
The mosaics of Delos are a significant body of ancient Greek mosaic art. Most of the surviving mosaics from Delos , Greece, an island in the Cyclades , date to the last half of the 2nd century BC and early 1st century BC, during the Hellenistic period and beginning of the Roman period .
Delos (/ ˈ d iː l ɒ s /; Greek: Δήλος; Attic Greek: Δῆλος, Doric Greek: Δᾶλος), is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only 3.43 km 2 (1.32 sq mi) in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece .
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Tesserae of a mosaic of doves drinking at a golden basin, 1st century AD, National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy. A tessera (plural: tesserae, diminutive tessella) is an individual tile, usually formed in the shape of a square, used in creating a mosaic. It is also known as an abaciscus or abaculus.
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The Agora of the Competaliasts. The Agora of the Competaliasts (Greek: Αγορά των Κομπεταλιαστών) is an ancient Greek archaeological site on the island of Delos, Greece, which dates to the last quarter of the 2nd century BC.