Object type
mosaic
Culture/period
Rome
Materials
stone
Technique
opus vermiculatum
Production date
-75 / -25
Seu
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Empúries
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Empúries. Ciutat Romana
Township
Escala, l' (Alt Empordà)
Dimensions
320 x 325 x 6,5 mm
Description
Mosaic emblem made of different coloured small tesserae following the opus vermiculatum technique, on a square limestone plate. Originally from the flooring of one of the north peristyle rooms in House 1 of the Roman City.
It depicts a partridge removing a necklace from a box or pyxis. It is a polychrome mosaic on a white background, framed by a strip of two black tesserae. The tesserae of the lower right square are missing.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Empúries
Omeka ID
116