Endnote 3 – New Mosaic Art from Sepphoris

The mosaics in this building were made of uniform-sized tesserae. The Nilotic mosaic as well as the centaur floor, were made of tesserae measuring 121–185 stones per square decimeter. (A decimeter is 15.5 inches). The geometric designed floors employ stones 91–156 tesserae per square decimeter. The color scale differs from room to room. Eighteen shades of color were noted in the Nile mosaic, including a number of browns and beiges, black, white, orange, red as well as a number of green and turquoise pieces of glass. The centaur floor is composed of 12 colors, including black, white and red. The number of colors in the geometric design floors differs according to the complexity of the design.