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ALT FRAGMENT OF A NILOTIC EMBLEMA FROM THE ASÀROTOS ÒIKOS, EARLY C2 CE. VATICAN MUSEUMS A highly detailed early C2 CE Roman mosaic fragment of a Nilotic landscape, now mounted vertically on a wall in the Museo Gregoriano Profano. The scene features three wading birds—including an ibis and a duck—standing on uneven ground around a small, stylized tree. The central image is bounded by an original ancient mosaic frame, consisting of an inner geometric band resembling colourful gemstones and an outer band of black vine scrolls on a white background. Originally, this was a surviving piece of the central emblema of a dining room floor excavated on the Aventine Hill in 1833. While the famous "unswept floor" border of this room is set into the museum floor elsewhere, this central fragment is displayed separately in the entrance vestibule.





































