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

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Martyrion
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"Martyrion"

H. 0.89. W. 3.30. Rinceau border mosaic. Wave-crest border at bottom red; narrower borders at top and bottom violet; strip between borders and rinceau and above upper border light gray-yellow. Rinceau stem gray shading to pink; tendril stems dark green; leaves dark green, black (decomposed) and light gray-yellow. Bird in first loop at left has back, upper tail line and lower edge of wing outlined in black; head, breast and under parts outlined in dark green; breast and under parts gray at edge shading to yellow-gray flecked with black and white; upper part of wing dark green shading to yellow-gray and flecked with black and white; eye white outlined in black; bill decomposed but probably black. Second loop from left: cluster of grapes badly damaged; stem black; grapes pink and edged with dark green and black. Third loop from left: Bird: wing and neck outlined in black; body and tail gray-yellow with white highlights; wing gray-yellow touched with gray, dark and light red; crown of head outlined in dark green; eye white below and light yellow above, probably with black pupil, now gone; touches of black, gray and yellow below eye; bill, legs and feet red; touch of dark green at upper part of right leg. Fourth loop from left: grapes pink and yellow outlined with red and probably black (decomposed). Fifth loop from left, Bird: wing and upper part of tail outlined in dark green; upper part of wing brown-yellow shading to light yellow and flecked with dark green; underparts and tail brown-yellow shading to light yellow with white highlights and flecked with dark gray; head and bill violet; eye yellow-brown with white pupil.

4/13/1939
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