News Center- The Excavation Department of the Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums in Hama announced on Sunday that a Roman-era mosaic panel had been discovered in the village of Mariamin, located in Homs Gap southwest of Hama.

According to the statement on social media platform Facebook, the mosaic panel measuring 4.30×2 meters was discovered while digging a well within a house in the area at a depth of 2.5 meters and the painting on it consists of small colored stone cubes.

According to the directorate, the painting is divided into three parts. The first part is in the middle of the painting showing Tyche, the Greek goddess of fortune, the second part has an inscription in Greek meaning “good luck”, surrounded by an octagonal frame in the form of braids, and eight square panels. The octagonal frame and two-side panels have geometric decorative shapes dating back to the Roman era.

Many mosaic panels have been discovered in the village of Mariamin until now. The most important mosaic panels discovered in the village is the mosaic from the Byzantine era depicting six female musicians playing instruments.