Home›Open Questions›Where, and by whom, were cut glass and stone tesserae first produced in mosaic making, in the Hellenistic Greek world or on Roman soil?Open QuestionsWhere, and by whom, were cut glass and stone tesserae first produced in mosaic making, in the Hellenistic Greek world or on Roman soil?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextArts and Music Atlas. "Where, and by whom, were cut glass and stone tesserae first produced in mosaic making, in the Hellenistic Greek world or on Roman soil?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-arts.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/mosaic-cut-tessera-priority.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextArts and Music Atlas. (n.d.). Where, and by whom, were cut glass and stone tesserae first produced in mosaic making, in the Hellenistic Greek world or on Roman soil?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-arts.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/mosaic-cut-tessera-priorityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{artsandmusicatlas-where-and-by-whom-were-cut-glass-and-sto, author = {Arts and Music Atlas}, title = {Where, and by whom, were cut glass and stone tesserae first produced in mosaic making, in the Hellenistic Greek world or on Roman soil?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-arts.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/mosaic-cut-tessera-priority}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionEncyclopaedia Britannica places the invention and spread of the cut tessera, as opposed to the natural pebble used in earlier pavements, across both the Hellenistic Greek world and Roman territory between roughly the third and first centuries BCE, without crediting either culture with clear priority.What would resolve this Securely dated excavation evidence of the earliest cut-tessera mosaics from sites in both regions, cross-referenced by material analysis of the glass and stone used, could establish priority.OpenClassical archaeologyEncyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia BritannicaCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnMosaic, Art Forms Well-attested Source Encyclopaedia BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica editorsSourcesEncyclopaedia BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Mosaic, britannica.com/art/mosaic-artComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year