Keep cleaning the mosaic

The excavation of the room paved with mosaic has advanced and, throughout the cleaning, we are able to see how the geometric patterns are very large. Inside of these octagons and squares represents various floral patterns, some of them with a profusion of vitreous tesserae.



Translated by Lara M. Moreda
Edited by Andrew B. Greeves



A new mosaic floor

We have begun the exhumation work and cleaning of the new mosaic floor. It is a mosaic in which only polychrome geometric patterns with black, white, red, orange, pink and some glass paste tesserae are observed so far.

As usual, the mosaic cleaning is done slowly and carefully, removing the concretion of lime with spatulas and scalpels.

Translated by Lara M. Moreda
Edited by Andrew B. Greeves



Finding tesserae

Excavation continues in, what we call, “Trench sector 2,” and by eliminating debris levels of a given area we could reveal the presence of tesserae, in situ, which belong to a mosaic floor which until now was unknown.

Detail of the tesserae found along the southern profile.

Enlargement of the trench to the south, following the provision of the new mosaic.

Translated by Lara M. Moreda
Edited by Andrew B. Greeves



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