Photograph: 1950–70. pht_TEB_0087. "Mosaic at Paphos Archaeological Park". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.
Description
The photograph looks down onto a tessellated floor in small pale and reddish tesserae. A large roundel with a blue-grey figure sits at the left, with leafy vine scrolls, grape bunches and leaves spreading across the pavement. Crumbling earth and excavated soil border the edges of the mosaic at the top and left.
English
A section of mosaic floor at the Paphos Archaeological Park, with a large roundel, a blue-grey bird-like form and scrolling vine tendrils with grape clusters and leaves. Excavated soil edges the pavement at the upper and left sides.
