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

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H. 3.015 W. 3.23 Tethys mosaic. Outer border grey edged in black. Inner border dull yellow (with one row of tesserae turning grey), and black. Dolphin: boldly outlined in black; front and back dorsal fins and tail fins, violet with red outline or shadow; mouth and belly fin, red; gill fin, black, red, violet; eye, marked in black and white; iris, light yellow and turquoise glass around white pupil; nostril, turquoise and dark blue glass with touches of black, white, and what may have been yellow glass; upper line of back, grey and violet shadow changing to green-grey and light grey; lower line of body, black. Polyp: large central area, light grey and white, shading above to pale yellow, dull orange, and grey-violet; below, to dark grey touched with violet, and black; eyes, dark blue glass; upper tentacle, yellow and black; lower tentacle, pale yellow, dark grey, black. Porpoise (?): top of head outlined in red; below eye, area of brilliant glass, lemon yellow, yellow, dark and light green; gill defined in turquoise and darker blue glass, and in red; upper line of back, red with black streaks, shading through violet-grey with grey-violet streaks, to light pink; lower line of body, black with violet-grey streaks on belly and violet-grey around mouth; dorsal fins, violet-grey; tail fins, red and black.

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