The Nilotic in Hispania: the pictorial ensemble of Calle Suárez Somonte in Augusta Emerita.

The paper focus on the study of a painted panel found during the 2021 archaeological excavations of a residential building located at number 28 Suárez Somonte street in Mérida, carried out by the Consorcio de la Ciudad Monumental. The wall paintings are linked to a late imperial public bath complex, currently dated to the 1st century CE. Although the decorative scheme has only been partially preserved and documented, the surviving iconographic elements clearly indicate the representation of a Nilotic landscape. The detailed analysis of this painting provides insight into the spread of this figurative theme in Hispania and its relationship with Italian models.