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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting intersecting octagons

Fragment of floor mosaic depicting intersecting octagons

2001

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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting intersecting octagons

Fragment of floor mosaic depicting intersecting octagons

Fragment of floor mosaic depicting intersecting octagons

2001

Physical Qualities Stone and lime mortar, 39 x 39 in. (99.1 x 99.1 cm.); 528.12 lbs.
Credit Line Antioch Subscription Fund
Object Number 1937.145
Nine octagons can be found on this small panel. Two are red, and two are yellow. Their intersections cause the remaining five octagons to be composed of both colors.
"Antioch-on-the Orontes, II, The Excavations, 1932-1936," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938, no. 46, p. 183, pl. 34.
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