Fragment of floor mosaic depicting a male figure
5th century
Physical Qualities
Stone and lime mortar, 116-1/2 x 98-1/2 in. (296 x 250.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Antioch Subscription Fund
Object Number
1937.143
The piercing eyes of this nameless figure suggest the strength of a young hero. He looks out from the center of a broad octagonal frame composed of the familiar meander pattern. Seen here in three dimensions, the pattern has the appearance of a walled maze. Yakto was a village located near Daphne to the south of Antioch.
C. R. Morey, Museum Quarterly II, BMA, 1937-1938, no. 4, p. 4.
"Antioch-on-the Orontes, II, The Excavations, 1932-1936," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938, no. 38, pp. 182 & 123, pl. 28.
Doro Levi, "Antioch Mosaic Pavements," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947, vol. I, p. 282, vol. II, pl. LXV-a. [erroneously noted as room 11]
"From the Ground Up: New Intepretation for the Antioch Floor Moasics Reflect many Cultural Influences" BMA Today issue 170 (Winter/Spring 2023): p. 24.
On View: Antioch Court
