Fig. 3.

Eight images of long-fruited cucurbits, identified here as Cucumis melo Flexuosus Group: (A) 2^nd-century Tunisian mosaic (Blanchard-Lemée et al., 1995); (B,C) late 2^nd-century Tunisian mosaics (Balmelle et al., 1990); (D) second half of 3^rd-century, Thessaloniki, Greece, tomb painting displayed at Museum of Byzantine Culture (Pazaras, 1981); (E) 3rd century, Tunisia, mosaic (Blanchard-Lemée et al., 1995); (F) 3rd century, Tunisia, oval mosaic panel (Yacoub, 1995); (G) approx. 4th century, Mérida, Spain, marble relief referring to summer, probably derived from a mantel panel in a reception room of a private house (Álvarez Martinez et al., 2000); (H) 6th century, Lebanon, mosaic (Baratte, 1978; Balmelle et al., 1990).