Antioch Rediscovered
Antioch (Hatay Province, Turkey)
Roman, 2nd Century A.D.
Stone tesserae
The mosaics in the collection come from a dig orginized by Princeton in the late 30's. They were purchased by the museum in the 1960's.
One of the mosaics was installed in the members courtyard as part of a fountain, the others were buried in the front garden (yrs I typed that correctly). No explanation is given about why they were buried for forty plus years.
All of the mosaics in the collection have recently been conserved and attached to lighter modern backings.
Antioch Rediscovered
Antioch (Hatay Province, Turkey)
Roman, 2nd Century A.D.
Stone tesserae
The mosaics in the collection come from a dig orginized by Princeton in the late 30's. They were purchased by the museum in the 1960's.
One of the mosaics was installed in the members courtyard as part of a fountain, the others were buried in the front garden (yrs I typed that correctly). No explanation is given about why they were buried for forty plus years.
All of the mosaics in the collection have recently been conserved and attached to lighter modern backings.