Floor Mosaic of a Fish from Sousse in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Floor Mosaic Fragment with Fish in a Roundel


Creator: Roman (Artist)

Period: 2nd-3rd century (Roman)

Medium: marble tesserae (Mosaics & Cosmati)

Accession Number: 43.19

Measurements: 29 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 2 in. (74.3 x 68 x 5.1 cm)

Geographies: Rome, Italy (Place of Origin), Sousse, Tunisia (Place of Discovery)

With its counterpart (Walters 43.18), this fragment of a mosaic floor once decorated a Roman house. A bearded fish swims amidst wavy lines representing water. The diagonal layout of the background tesserae (marble cubes) indicates that these roundels were placed in the corners of a large floor composition.

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