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Mosaic,

late 5th century CE

Roman
y1987-7

Information

Title
Mosaic
Dates

late 5th century CE

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
h. 160.3 cm., w. 208.3 cm. (63 1/8 x 82 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harvard University Art Museums
Object Number
y1987-7
Place Excavated

Turkey, near Antioch on the Orontes, Seleucia Pieria

Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
mosaic, mosaics, capitals
Subject
children (people by age group), geometric motifs, fish, figures (representations), women

Excavated by the Princeton-led team at Antioch-on-the-Orontes, present-day Antakya, Turkey, 1931-1939; with the Museum since 1939

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