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Floor Tile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/17

Two clay floor tiles mounted on a wooden plinth. One tile is a wide, low, hexagon, light yellow in colour. Its surface is relatively smooth, with gouges along some of the edges. A white inclusion in the clay sits at centre. The other tile is octagonal in shape, thicker than the other, and light orange in colour. Its surface is smooth with a very slight shine.

  • Narrative

    An inscription on the bottom of the mount states that the yellow hexagonal tile is from the “agora at Salamis”, and that the orange octagonal tile is from the “basilica at Soli”.

  • Type of Item tile
  • Culture Cypriot
  • Material clay, wood, adhesive
  • Measurements height 4.8 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 10.7 cm (overall) height 1.0 cm, width 10.4 cm, depth 6.2 cm (i) height 1.7 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 9.1 cm (ii)
  • Previous Owner J.C. Gordon Brown, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
  • Received from Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
  • Made in Cyprus
  • Ownership Date before 2009, before September 22, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on September 22, 2014
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3076/0017

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