Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing

Currently not on view

Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing,

late 3rd century CE

Roman
y1940-437 a-e

Information

Title
Fountain mosaic: Erotes riding dolphins and fishing
Dates

late 3rd century CE

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
overall fountain: 187.7 x 793 x 39.5 cm a: 117.5 x 151.0 cm (46 1/4 x 59 7/16 in.) b: 119.5 x 132 cm c: 117 x 201 cm d: 119 x 160 cm e: 113.5 x 129 cm
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
y1940-437 a-e
Place Excavated

Turkey

Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
mosaics, capitals, fountains
Materials
stone
Subject
dolphins, deities, mythology

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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