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

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House 1 room 2b

H 1.773; W 1.327. Mosaic of the Seasons. "Winter." For borders, see Panel A. Flesh parts of personification modelled like those of "Spring"; hair, dark red, dark violet, and dark violet-red. Wings in greys with white highlights. Himation, dull orange and yellow with ivory white highlights and shadows in three tones of brown. Her right side and leg outlined in violet. Shadows of drapery over her head and on her right arm, grey-brown; her left arm outlined in grey. Where her himation blows out at her left side, there are two short horizontal stripes of violet glass, and several insets of yellow glass in folds below; turned-up folds at bottom, dark grey-brown and dark violet-grey limestone. Tunic, pale tan with white highlights and shadows brown-grey, light green-brown, and brown; clavia, dark violet-red. Buskins, dark grey, brown, brown-grey, with yellow and light grey highlights; soles and ties, dark red. Sprig in her left head, emerald green and dark blue glass and very dark green limestone. Pedestal for table, light grey-violet with grey shadow on side in perspective. Table leg, light green-brown, light and dark grey, and dark violet glass; in middle of leg, a few yellow and dull white tesserae. Table-top, pattern in dark brown, dull orange, and ivory white. Fruit, brown and ivory white, dark red, pink, and several shades of violet. Leaves, very dark grey and dark brown-green. Cast shadows, light grey.

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