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Fragment of mosaic with wave pattern
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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
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
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.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Joint Expedition to Samaria 1931-1933
Title: Fragment of mosaic with wave pattern
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.
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