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

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H. 3.32 W. 3.31 Tethys mosaic. Inscription black. Polyp at lower left: black shadow under body, head and left feeler; center of body light blue-grey with white highlights; shadow on left side of body brown-grey and violet; right side of body brown-grey and violet, shading to greyish orange-yellow and yellow-grey; grey shadow on left side of head, grey-violet on the right; head light yellow with pale blue-grey highlights; eyes dark blue glass with pale blue-grey pupils; left feeler grey and violet; right feeler light gray and violet shading to dark violet. Polyp at bottom similar, but upper half of body and head is orange-yellow shading to light yellow; head and upper feeler, light gray-brown; lower feeler, violet-gray; eyes, light blue-green glass, lemon-yellow glass, dark blue glass and light blue glass with white pupils. Fish above this polyp: dorsal fins, blue-grey outlined in black at top; body outlined in black with black shadow below; tail outlined in violet-grey; upper part of back, violet-gray barred with black and touched with glass of dark blue and lemon-yellow; small spot of light yellow-green glass below front dorsal fin; this shades to blue-gray; tail, blue-grey striped with glass of light yellow-green and light blue-green; touch of glass of light blue and dark blue behind eye and touch of lemon-yellow glass underneath; gill slit in dark red glass; gill fin outlined in dark blue glass; behind this are alternate squares of light yellow-green glass and light blue glass; eye outlined in black above and in light blue glass below; white pupil ringed in pale blue glass, light blue glass and orange glass; mouth outlined above with black and below with light blue-green glass and light yellow-green glass; interior of mouth violet glass and dark red glass. Fish at lower right: dorsal fins light blue-grey outlined in grey; lower and upper part of body outlined in black with black shadow under belly; top of body and head, grey with black bars; body color, light blue-grey with grey-violet bars, shading to pale blue-grey with white highlights; gill slit and interior of mouth, dark red and dark red-violet; edge of lower lip, black; upper lip and head outlined in dark grey with white highlights around mouth; eye outlined in black glass; eye, lemon-yellow glass, light yellow-green glass, with white highlight and black glass pupil; inner edge of tail fins dark gray. Fish around head of Tethys: back and upper part of tail, red barred with black, shading to pink with white highlights; lower part of body, light blue-grey; black shadow below body; eye white, outlined in black glass, with black glass pupil. In the fish at the left of the head and at the lower right of the head the gill slits, gill fins, outline of head and mouth feeler are in black glass; in the two at the upper right of the head these features are in red. Tethys: hair, violet-grey and black; grey-green shadow over right shoulder; face finely modelled with shadows in grey-brown and grey-violet, shading to flesh pink with white highlights; eyebrows, black with heavy, dark yellow-brown shadows beneath and under nose and around mouth; eyes, light blue-grey with white highlights; pupils of black glass ringed with glass in lemon-yellow, yellow-green, blue-green and dark blue; eyelids, dark red-violet glass; small patch of red over left ear; outlined of mouth red, with pink lips; line of mouth, dark red-violet glass with touches of orange glass; shadows of wings, grey-violet; highlights, pale blue-grey; tips of wings, black; right shoulder and lower throat touched with pink; general tone of chest and shoulders is pale yellow-grey with white highlights. Rudder: lower part of shaft, light yellow with violet shadow; upper part of shaft, dark grey-brown with pale yellow-grey highlights; fin of rudder, yellow wit dark grey-brown shadows along right edge and around shaft; grey stripe near lower edge of rudder and spot of light red in lower right-hand corner; fastenings of rudder across shaft in black glass.

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