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FIELD OF HADJI CAPTAN. 285
animal. The horse of Maeas is coloured yellow.
The colouring and drawing of this picture are in
the same style as the opposite hunting-scene.
All the figures in this compartment were much
injured, and no portion of it could be taken up.
Between the two oblong compartments were two
circular patterns, each inscribed in a square (see
the Plan). A third oblong compartment probably
occupied the space between these circles, but in the
centre of the room nearly all trace of the mosaic
t/
had disappeared.
The circle on the west was formed of a guilloche
plait, within which were eight squares, so arranged
round the inner edge of the circle as to contain a
star of eight points. These squares had all been
destroyed but two, one of which contained a flower,
the other a guilloche knot. The portions of the
circle inclosed between the circumference and the
sides of two adjacent squares were filled up by a
vase, from which issued on either side a branch of
ivy with tendrils.
The angles of the square within which the circle
was inscribed contained, severally, one of the
Seasons, represented by a female head, over which
the name of the Season is inscribed.
At the north-west angle (No. 5) was the Spring,
—AIAP, personified by a youthful female bust,
with long hair flowing dowm her neck; her gar-
ment was a white tunic, ornamented with black
and red vertical stripes, and fastened on either
shoulder by a circular fibula.
Opposite to her, at the north-east angle (No. 9)3
animal. The horse of Maeas is coloured yellow.
The colouring and drawing of this picture are in
the same style as the opposite hunting-scene.
All the figures in this compartment were much
injured, and no portion of it could be taken up.
Between the two oblong compartments were two
circular patterns, each inscribed in a square (see
the Plan). A third oblong compartment probably
occupied the space between these circles, but in the
centre of the room nearly all trace of the mosaic
t/
had disappeared.
The circle on the west was formed of a guilloche
plait, within which were eight squares, so arranged
round the inner edge of the circle as to contain a
star of eight points. These squares had all been
destroyed but two, one of which contained a flower,
the other a guilloche knot. The portions of the
circle inclosed between the circumference and the
sides of two adjacent squares were filled up by a
vase, from which issued on either side a branch of
ivy with tendrils.
The angles of the square within which the circle
was inscribed contained, severally, one of the
Seasons, represented by a female head, over which
the name of the Season is inscribed.
At the north-west angle (No. 5) was the Spring,
—AIAP, personified by a youthful female bust,
with long hair flowing dowm her neck; her gar-
ment was a white tunic, ornamented with black
and red vertical stripes, and fastened on either
shoulder by a circular fibula.
Opposite to her, at the north-east angle (No. 9)3