Mosaic floor with Egyptianizing scene

A square Roman mosaic floor framed by interlaced and geometric borders, with four floral medallions in octagonal panels. At the center, a small scene shows a standing figure and a seated figure beside a vessel, with hanging ornaments above, rendered in colored tesserae.

Look closer: A small vessel sits at the feet of the seated figure in the central panel.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 130–150 CE

Medium

Stone and glass

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 3990 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1945