Roman mosaic, Sfax

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *632 (p6m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 60°.
• Contains one regular two-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 60°.
• Contains one regular 6-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 60°.
• The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has one finite interlace and no infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 53 polygons.

1. 8288-1863 (Central Asia. or China. Woven textile) from [vami] (1300-50AD, 699-750AH)
2. 01710(IS) (Hala and Sind in Pakistan. Tile) from [vami] (1870AD, 1287AH)
3. Derived from 6**3 from [gands]
4. Fig 14.1c from [ww]
5. Flickr photo (Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand, Central Asia) from [pc]
6. Page 55 right (Shrine of Abu'l-Hajjah, Luxor, Egypt) from [okane2]
7. Pl 210 (c) (Sfax) from [balmelle]
8. Plate 20, Figure 43 (Detail of Persian manuscript) from [elsaid]
9. Uniform Star Polygons with Digons from [wich2]

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• V&A record Woven textile
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