In Roman iconography, personified Africa often wears tight curls and an elephant cap, as in this mosaic from El Jem, Tunisia. Knowing that, it makes little sense to identify the figure in the mosaic as Asia--except to shoehorn an identification of the dark-skinned woman on the left as Africa.

In that view, the women are Africa, holding an ivory rhyton; Europe, fanning throned Alexandria; and Asia, wearing the elephant cap. This interpretation neatly identifies all characters, but on further interrogation it is based mainly on modern ideas of race and continents, not Roman iconography.

Dido Abandoned by Aeneas, fresco, 1st c CE, Casa di Meleagro, Pompeii
Dido, Queen of Carthage, sits on a throne between two attendants and the personification of Africa while Aeneas sails away in the background.
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli 8898

Portrait of a Child, Roman, marble, c. 150-200
This tender portrait could depict a toddler with Black African ancestry--but the lack of information about the portrait complicates possible identifications.
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Getty Villa 71.AA.462

This head, thought to depict a Nubian man, shows the characteristic curls which the Nelson-Atkins portrait seems to reference.

Brooklyn Museum 70.59

Funerary Portrait of a Woman, Roman, marble, c.120-30CE.
Said to be from Alexandria, this portrait features a variation on the "beehive" hairstyle: her curls on the side fall away from her face as ringlets in the style of the curls of Isis or personified Africa. #AncientBlackness
Nelson-Atkins 48-9

Head of a young man, Roman, Pentelic marble, c. first half of 1st c. CE. Based on the hair and facial features, it has been suggested that he may have been of North African descent.
MFA Boston 88.643
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The result of multiple New Orleans snowdays: new Flora fresco cross stitch 🌼❇️🪡