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MOSAICS
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itself was published by M. de Vogue, and is republished here on page 165; but the
mosaic, at the time of M. de Vogue’s visit, lay buried beneath an accumulation of soil
and debris from 50 to 60 cm. deep. After a portion of this was removed, a complete
pavement in mosaic was disclosed, broken only at one small place by the fall of one
of the columns that supported the interior gallery of the apartment. The other col-
umns of the gallery had also fallen, but without apparent injury to the mosaic.
Mosaic in bath at Serdjilla.
The pavement measures 8 x 15m., taking it for granted that the entire apartment
was paved. The longer axis of the room runs east and west. A little to the east of
the center of the space between the colonnade and the further or east wall is a circu-
lar band, executed in concentric rings. The concentric rings have not the flat
appearance which the drawing would indicate; the two bands between the outer and
inmost bands are shaded from their outer edges, where they are a dark red, to white
where they join the black line. The shading gives a rounded effect, which is height-
ened by the four elliptical disks at the cardinal points. The whole is suggestive of a
conventionalized wreath bound at four points, of black, red, and white, inclosing a
long inscription in Greek, wrought in black and white mosaic. The inscription is to
be read from the west, as one enters from the door beneath the gallery. Next to
the wall runs a double border 1.05 m. wide. The oblong field within this border
and around the central circle is filled with spirited compositions of wild beasts, exe-
289
itself was published by M. de Vogue, and is republished here on page 165; but the
mosaic, at the time of M. de Vogue’s visit, lay buried beneath an accumulation of soil
and debris from 50 to 60 cm. deep. After a portion of this was removed, a complete
pavement in mosaic was disclosed, broken only at one small place by the fall of one
of the columns that supported the interior gallery of the apartment. The other col-
umns of the gallery had also fallen, but without apparent injury to the mosaic.
Mosaic in bath at Serdjilla.
The pavement measures 8 x 15m., taking it for granted that the entire apartment
was paved. The longer axis of the room runs east and west. A little to the east of
the center of the space between the colonnade and the further or east wall is a circu-
lar band, executed in concentric rings. The concentric rings have not the flat
appearance which the drawing would indicate; the two bands between the outer and
inmost bands are shaded from their outer edges, where they are a dark red, to white
where they join the black line. The shading gives a rounded effect, which is height-
ened by the four elliptical disks at the cardinal points. The whole is suggestive of a
conventionalized wreath bound at four points, of black, red, and white, inclosing a
long inscription in Greek, wrought in black and white mosaic. The inscription is to
be read from the west, as one enters from the door beneath the gallery. Next to
the wall runs a double border 1.05 m. wide. The oblong field within this border
and around the central circle is filled with spirited compositions of wild beasts, exe-