Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Roman Hexagram, Guilloche Style

Guilloche is a decorative border made of interlaced bands Guilloche
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Picture was taken at El Jem museum, Tunisia. Courtesy of ajhammu0 / Andy from Flickr.
Beginning of third century. At the centre an hexagon, in the middle of which a cruciform flower which indicates that it belongs to christians.

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