Mosaic fragment
- Description
- This fragment of floor mosaic is from the Roman legionary bath-house. It probably shows part of a jar called a ‘cantharus’, and is among the earliest mosaics in Britain.
- Accession Loan No.
- 522/1989/3
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Common Name
- mosaic fragment
- Simple Name
- mosaic
- Full Name
- mosaic, part of cantharus vessel
- Dimensions
- whole length 115 mm; whole W 90 mm; whole H 50 mm
- Cultural Group
- Roman
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Date
- 60
- Family Group
- Material
- stone; pottery; mortar
- Collector / Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Collection Site Name
- Cathedral Close
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
