Roman mosaic, Acholla
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The Acholla version has no ornamentation, unlike the Shavei Zion variant.
Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is 442 (p4).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- There are no non-regular reflective pairs and one tile with no mirror image.
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has no finite interlace and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 83 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Page 28, Figure 7D (Colouring not known, Roman Mosaic from Aldborough, Yorks) of D S Neal. Roman mosaics in Britain, Society for the Promotion of Roman studies, 1981. ISBN 090776414. [neal] {Beautiful publication.}
- Page 8 number 5 of David Wade. Pattern in Islamic Art, Studio Vista, 1976. ISBN 028970719. [wade] {Some beautiful coloured patterns, but source not given.}
- Pl 171 (d,f) (Acholla and Shavei Zion) of Catherine Balmelle .... Le deÌcor geÌomeÌtrique de la mosaiÌque romaine, Paris, Picard, 2002. ISBN 270840624. [balmelle] {2 vols}
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