Might be a limitation of the medium. Mosaics are complicated. This famous "skeleton" mosaic has the proportions wrong as well, even though the artist almost ce

Might be a limitation of the medium. Mosaics are complicated. This famous "skeleton" mosaic has the proportions wrong as well, even though the artist almost certainly saw some actual human skeletons, and definitely some living humans with their longer arms and smaller heads than depicted :) https://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hatay-skeleton-mosaic-det.jpeg https://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ha...