ABSTRACT
A mosaic found at Shatby and dated to the first third of the third century BC presents the composition and the type of iconography as the Warrior mosaic. The iconography recalls that of pavements in northern Greece - and especially the mosaics of Pella - as does the use of limited polychromy on a black background. The two mosaics discovered in the royal quarter of Alexandria, on the site of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, of production from the royal workshops. One is circular with a central panel showing a dog seated by an ascos with a wooden handle. The second, of which only half has been preserved, represents the combat of two youths, one white, and the other black. In the imperial period the renown of Alexandria's mosaic workshops enabled them to continue to distribute the fruits of their artistic labours.
