Mosaic glass inlay late 1st century –1st century Roman, probably Egyptian Opaque white ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and blue, partly translucent purple and blue green, and colorless glass appearing , rectangular plaque, cut from a mosaic composite bar, with flat upper and lower faces, and vertical straight sides, with rounded corners; design extends uniformly through the thickness of the half of crocodile, facing left; front leg in blue; underside of body and jaw in small blue green canes outlined with colorless glass, and bottom of jaw outlined in
Mosaic glass inlay late 1st century –1st century Roman, probably Egyptian Opaque white ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and blue, partly translucent purple and blue green, and colorless glass appearing , rectangular plaque, cut from a mosaic composite bar, with flat upper and lower faces, and vertical straight sides, with rounded corners; design extends uniformly through the thickness of the half of crocodile, facing left; front leg in blue; underside of body and jaw in small blue green canes outlined with colorless glass, and bottom of jaw outlined in purple; teeth in white; upper body in purple with yellow across one end, with rear half of crocodile missing, and some chips along top edge; all surfaces ground and polished; pitting of surface Mosaic glass inlay. Roman, probably Egyptian. late 1st century –1st century Glass. Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial. Glass
Size: 1700px × 1204px
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