ROMAN MOSAIC

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Three Roman fragments of mosaics (2nd – 3rd century). Each fragment is two tone comprising a number of marble tessera set within white mortar with frequent inclusions of ground brick/tile.The first fragment comprises ten tessera forming a black and white pattern. There are two rows of black and one (and part of another) row of black tessera. The white ones are larger than the black: white average size: 18.63 x 17.42mm; black average size: 15.33 x 14.55mm. Total weight of fragment: 168.24g.The second fragment comprises seven tessera also forming a black and white pattern. There are two rows of white and one of black tessera. Average size of tessera: 12.49 x 12.36mm. Total weight of fragment: 226.00g.The third fragment comprises seven tessera forming a red and black pattern. There are two rows of red and one of black tessera. Average size of tessera: 12.44 x 12.24mm. Total weight of fragment: 262.53g.Dimensions: total weight: 656.77g.Identification by Jenny Hall, Curator of Roman Archaeology, Museum of London.