OBJECT

OBJECT

Definition

mosaic floor

Identification

part of the decorative complex

Name/Dedication

Floor decoration in villa urbana with figurative motif of the punishment of Dirce

Position

Villa urbana, Vicolo Della Bissa, floor mosaic covers the floor in the 3rd room

Description

The mosaic is located in the area of a private commercial-residential building at 12 Sergijevaca Street. It covers the entire floor of the only excavated room of a villa urbana. It is divided into two unequal halves edged with a border. One half is made of hexagonal segments (honeycomb) with variously decorated rosettes, and the other half is made of nine decorated segments (floral and geometric designs), all bordered with double braiding. The central segment of the larger mosaic half contains a figurative motif known as the "Punishment of Dirce".