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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting beribboned parrots - Image 1
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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting beribboned parrots

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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting beribboned parrots

Fragment of floor mosaic depicting beribboned parrots

Fragment of floor mosaic depicting beribboned parrots

467

Physical Qualities Stone and lime mortar, 141 x 42 x 2 1/4 in. (358.1 x 106.7 x 5.7 cm.)
Credit Line Antioch Subscription Fund
Object Number 1937.147
"Antioch-on-the Orontes, II, The Excavations, 1932-1936," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938, no. 89, p. 200, pl. 70.
Doro Levi, "Antioch Mosaic Pavements," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947, p. 358.
Christine Kondoleon, "Antioch The Lost Ancient City," Princeton: Princeton Univeristy Press, 2000, p. 136.
"From the Ground Up: New Interpretation for the Antioch Floor Mosaics Reflect Many Cultural Influences." BMA Today issue 170 (Winter/Spring 2023): p. 23
On View: Antioch Court

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