The Pelta

Compositions
Fig. 29
The pattern’s monotonous aspect was often offset by more brightly coloured,
usually red peltae. In some cases the colour can no longer be precisely
determined as only black-and-white photos or inexact drawings of the
mosaics were published.
On several pavements groups of four dark peltae appear on a white
background. In rare cases pink groups of four appear with a black contour
around them.
Unique among mosaics thus far discovered is a composition in Olympia. Here
a design of lightly coloured peltae surrounds a central area consisting of nine
dark pelta pairs (Fig. 30).
Fig. 30
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