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This document discusses the differences in form, function, and technique between mosaic pavements found in Delos and Pompeii during the late 2nd to early 1st centuries BC. The earliest Pompeian mosaics were made of opus signinum cement decorated with white tiles, while contemporary Delian pavements were polychrome, tessellated, and concentrically arranged. Threshold mosaics at Delos were often figural while those at Pompeii were geometric. Finer materials were used for central portions of mosaics at Delos,

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