Fishpainting from a roman villa in modern day germany
I am currently working on a mural found in Mechern (Merzig in germany). It depicts a dinner with fish and some mushrooms. I don't realy know anything about fish but will answer all following questions that I can. Do you think you could ID a specific kind of fish based on the Images? If the condition of the images is to bad to ID the fish or makes you unshure, then it mentioning that would alsow be helpfull
The mural dates to the second century ad, meaning that breeds that where created later on or introduced from places like america would be out of the question.
One of my sources mentioned that salmon, perch, pike, sturgeon and zander were some of the most commonly eaten fish in the rhine region during roman occupation. It doesn't have to be one of those, but they are probably more likely. Espcially wether or not it could be a salmon would be interessting, because one of my sources refers to the image of the cut fish fillet as "Silbertablett mit Lachs" with Lachs being the word for salmon as well as loin meat, leaving me unshure about what it's refering to.
Note that the artist might just have wanted to paint a fish in general with no specific kind in mind or not have known a lot about fish, leading to a depiction that is flawed.
I would alsow appreciate guesses about how they were prepared, as they are both depicted on a serving platter.
Thank you for your help