The Excavation of Antioch-on-the-Orontes 1932-1939

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Apsidal construction "Martyrion"

H. 1.665 W. 1.48. Animal mosaic floor. Border: red wavecrest on white. Gazelles: outlines in black and violet. Gazelle on right: highlights light yellow shading to ochre, violet, grey, and black; eye, accented with black and touches of pink around black pupil. Gazelle on left: white highlights shading to tones of violet with large areas dark brown. Above, bird (badly damaged): one light red, one dark red leg and dark grey body. In background: a) flowers, red shading to white, outlined in grey with traces of brown tesserae in outlines of leaves and stems; b) rosette, shading from red to white.

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