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The Pelta

A geometric motif on Roman mosaics in Greece

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Compositions<br />

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21 22 23 24 25 26 27<br />

31 32 33 34 35 36 37<br />

41 42 43 44 45 46 47<br />

51 52 53 54 55 56 57<br />

Fig. 39<br />

In the centre is a cruciform whose tips reach the middle of the circles and there<br />

run into the surrounding peltae. <strong>The</strong> peltae have long, pulled down endings that<br />

connect to one another (Fig. 40).<br />

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21 22 23 24 25 26 27<br />

31 32 33 34 35 36 37<br />

41 42 43 44 45 46 47<br />

51 52 53 54 55 56 57<br />

Fig. 40<br />

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