Sophilos

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Sophilos

Alexandrian artist

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mosaic
Ancient Greek and Hellenistic mosaics
…panel, signed by the artist Sophilos and depicting a personification of Alexandria, that is the earliest known example of miniature mosaic work (called opus vermiculatum, meaning “wormlike work” because of the close-set, undulating rows of small tesserae).
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…panel, signed by the artist Sophilos and depicting a personification of Alexandria, that is the earliest known example of miniature mosaic work (called opus vermiculatum, meaning “wormlike work” because of the close-set, undulating rows of small tesserae).
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