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

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House of Menander (House 1), House of the Red Pavement (House 2), House 3, House 4, House 5
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House 1

H. 1.35 W. 1.12 Geometric mosaic pavement of Room 5. Outer border, red. Inner border, black. Central panel: field, black, containing large octafoil rosette with leaves outlined in white and shaded, from outside in, red, white, yellow, pink, brown, red; overlap of each leaf outlined in brown with yellow at center. The octafoil enclosed in the center of the large octafoil, has the two leaves on the vertical axis, brown, the leaves on the two diagonal axes in yellow with white highlights, and the leaves on the horizontal axis, yellow-mottled pink; center of the octafoil is a single red tessera surrounded by brown. Each corner of the panel has a small white cross with black center.

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