File:'Catalogue of Fish' mosaic from Pompeii.jpg

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House of the Geometric Mosaics (VIII.2.16), Pompeii

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English: Mosaic emblema in opus vermiculatum made from polychrome tesserae. On a seabed made from black tesserae, an octopus fights a lobster surrounded by a myriad of Mediterranean fish and mollusc species. Note the little kingfisher bird on the left, perched on a rock and looking at the far larger fish.

House of the Geometric Mosaics (VIII 2, 14-16), Pompeii. Early 1st century BCE.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN inv. 120177)
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Camera location40° 51′ 12.78″ N, 14° 15′ 00.53″ E  Heading=259.41° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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