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

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"Martyrion"

H. 0.93m W. 2.98m Rinceau border mosaic. Wavecrest border at bottom in red. Narrow dark-gray borders at bottom and top. Light yellow border at top. Rinceau: stem gray-brown shading to light red; tendrils gray-brown with leaves gray-brown, black and green with touches of yellow. Bird in loop at extreme left: wing and upper part of tail edged in black; right foreleg black; eye ringed with black; pupil black on white ground; lower bill black; touch of black on neck; breast, underpart of tail, upper part of wing and forepart of wing outlined in dark gray-green with touches of dark yellow; yellow and green touches on head; body and wing light yellow; legs and feet red. Grape cluster in second loop from left: of the three stems supporting the cluster the left is black, the center gray-brown at top, green at center and yellow at base, the right gray-brown; grapes pink edged with yellow at left side; each grape outlined in red. Third loop from left: small cluster of three pink grapes outlined in black; upper part of tail of bird, back, wing, neck and tuft on head outlined in black; wing shades from red at top to light red, light yellow and pink, flecked with black; tail shades from red through light yellow to yellow-gray, with black flecks and white highlights; breast and lower parts outlined in dark gray shading to light yellow with white highlights; head white with yellow, black, white and black bands at neck; top of head and lower bill red, upper bill green; eye black with touches of yellow and pink below. Fourth loop from left; left stem of cluster black, center stem green, right stem gray-brown; grapes white edged with yellow and outlined in green, with touches of dark gray-yellow and black; tendrils to right light yellow with green and black shadows. Fifth loop from left: tendril stems light yellow; leaves black and light yellow shaded with green; bird has top of head, body and tail outlined in dark gray-brown; underparts throat, bill and lower wing edge outlined in black; body and wing light red, light yellow and pink, which in lower part of body shades to dark gray-brown; legs and feet dark gray-brown; eye black; head gray-brown, yellow and pink. Sixth loop from left: tendrils as in preceding, but stems are of alternate dark gray-brown and light yellow; side stems of cluster light red, center stem dark gray-brown; grapes light red touched with light yellow and outlined in black.

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