Ktisis Floor Mosaic
Artist
Antioch
Date5th century CE
Mediumcubes of marble and limestone embedded in lime mortar
DimensionsOverall: 285.3 × 276.9 cm (112 5/16 × 109 in.)
Weight: 2279 lb.
Weight: 2279 lb.
ClassificationsMosaics
Credit LineExcavation of Antioch and Vicinity funded by the bequests of the Reverend Dr. Austin S. Garver and Sarah C. Garver
Object number1936.35
DescriptionIn center of a geometrical design, often found in Coptic and Syrian tapestries of the same period, is a medallion with a female head (personified foundation of the house). This medallion had the same signature as corner-stone, border of ducks and lotus flowers (similar to border in apse of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome). Found in a villa destroyed in earthquake 526.In the center of a geometric design is a medallion with a female head (personification of Kticic, or Foundation), a motif known only in mosiac. Pairs of birds, water lilies and lotus flowers around the border; frog and snake at top. From the House of Ge & the Seasons, Daphne. - Kondoleon
ProvenanceExcavation at Antioch, Daphne-harbiye, Sector 24-P, 1935
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