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Personification of July wearing a tunica dalmatica, 4th C mosaic, Carthage [d/b]

Personification of July. She is wearing a very long tunica dalmatica with wide sleeves over a tunica strictoria with tight, long sleeves.
This is a detail of the late 4th century mosaic of the Months and the Seasons from Carthage Tunisia. 
Now in the British Museum https://britishmuseum.org

Garment description:

Fashioning Identity in the Late Roman and Late Antique World: The Case of North Africa (c. AD 200-500)

Amy E. Place, University of Leicester, 2020

A woman, the personification of July, dressed in elegant, ankle-length robes, stands carelessly against a pedestal. With her right hand, she holds a skewer with which she scoops olives from a transparent glass bowl on another plinth in front of her.
Photo after Amy E. Place