Explore the Composition of this artwork.
Portions of the Zliten mosaic are realized through a combination of three techniques: opus tessellatum, opus vermiculatum and opus sectile.The external black and white geometric border is created with the opus tessellatum technique.The central part of the mosaic is composed of geometric alternating square panels with each side measuring 0.45 m (1.5 ft) and realized in the opus sectile technique. Within these panels are circular emblemata depicting fish and other marine creatures (shrimp, murex, picarel, conger, sea urchin, garfish etc...) in the opus vermiculatum technique.
murex opus tessellatum Zliten marine opus sectile shrimp garfish sea urchin emblem opus vermiculatum picarel conger