One by one, tesserae were pressed into the mortar, which squeezed up between the pieces. Once an area was covered, a setting bed would be laid in a successive area, and then another, and so on.
जब एक जगह पर काम पूरा हो जाता, तो सिलसिलेवार ढंग से दूसरी जगहों पर आधार तैयार किया जाता और सारी मोज़ेइक इसी तरह तैयार की जाती थीं ।