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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting Tethys and Oceanus
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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting Tethys and Oceanus

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Fragment of floor mosaic depicting Tethys and Oceanus

Fragment of floor mosaic depicting Tethys and Oceanus

Fragment of floor mosaic depicting Tethys and Oceanus

201

Physical Qualities Stone, glass, and lime mortar, 68 x 90 x 2 1/2 in. (172.7 x 228.6 x 6.4 cm.)
Credit Line Antioch Subscription Fund
Object Number 1937.126
"Antioch-on-the Orontes, II, The Excavations, 1932-1936," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938, no. 46, p. 183, pl. 33 (panel B) and pl. 34 (floor)
Doro Levi, "Antioch Mosaic Pavements," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947, ppl. 167-169, pl. XXXV-a.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Rogers, Dylan K. and Claire J. Wiess, eds. A Quaint & Curious Volume: Essays in Honor of John J. Dobbins. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2021
On View: Antioch Court

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