This delightful array of marine life is our pick for#MosaicMonday. Described by the museum as a mosaic of edible fish, one can only assume these creatures are searching for an exit to return to the Mediterranean! #AncientBluesky🏺 - ThreadSky

partialhistorians.bsky.social • 39 days ago

This delightful array of marine life is our pick for#MosaicMonday. Described by the museum as a mosaic of edible fish, one can only assume these creatures are searching for an exit to return to the Mediterranean!

#AncientBluesky🏺

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carausius286.bsky.social•39 days ago

British Museum I think? If it is, it’s on display but the other way up which is interesting in and of itself.

partialhistorians.bsky.social•39 days ago

Definitely at the BM - this photo is from their website. The provenance is also murky, so perhaps they aren’t sure which side faced the room entry…

carausius286.bsky.social•39 days ago

Strange indeed. Here’s my photo which shows it the opposite of their own website! No matter where I stood and how I tried to frame it, my lunking shadow is smack in the middle.

partialhistorians.bsky.social•38 days ago

The shadow is the proof you saw it with your own eyes!

sapinuwa.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yes, which adds to a photo! I love when this happens.

sapinuwa.bsky.social•38 days ago

I see a fangtooth moray! A rare beauty. Today on instagram I came across a rotten businessman posing with a dead one, that's how I learned its name. What a coincidence.

partialhistorians.bsky.social•38 days ago

Oooo 😞

chapps.bsky.social•37 days ago

When I go back to the museum in the late fall, I'm determined to finally get a good photo of this mosaic. Unfortunately, it's behind highly reflective glass, but Photoshop's new reflection removal tool might do the trick.

partialhistorians.bsky.social•37 days ago

Looking forward to seeing the result. I’m not at all confident that this image captures the colours precisely…

wittspat.bsky.social•37 days ago

But it does capture the personality of the eel really well! He looks - though clearly isn't - rather appealing.

chapps.bsky.social•37 days ago

I love the eel. He may be taking a chomp out of that octopus' leg!

wittspat.bsky.social•37 days ago

Yes, I feared as much!

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