Object Image

Nilotic scene inlay, fish fragment

Unknown Artist
Fish tiles were used in elaborate "Nilotic" mosaic scenes in wealthy homes.

Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
200 BC-100 AD
Glass
1.5 x 1.0in
26.7.1205
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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