Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona

Wall mosaic

Wall mosaic depicting a male, middle of the 2nd century AD. Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona.

Wall mosaic depicting a male, middle of the 2nd century AD. Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona.

A parietal mosaic made using the opus vermiculatum technique on a ceramic base, from the middle of the 2nd century AD.

From the Roman villa of Els Munts, where it would have been part of the wall decoration of the main floor, together with the depiction of Mnemosyne and the Nine Muses. It is hypothesised that it is Caius Valerius Avitus, the master of the villa during part of the 2nd century AD.

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