Roman mosaic, Paphos
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Some ornamentation is the Paphos version is replaced by the use of colour.
Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *2222 (pmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 30°.
- Contains one square.
- Contains three regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 60°.
- There is one non-regular reflective tile (including one dart).
- The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is not edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 337 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Pl 158 (c) (Paphos) of Catherine Balmelle .... Le deÌcor geÌomeÌtrique de la mosaiÌque romaine, Paris, Picard, 2002. ISBN 270840624. [balmelle] {2 vols}
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