Floor Mosaic of Personification of Agora (Abundance of the Marketplace)
Artist/Culture
Roman
Artist/Culture
Antioch
Datelate 4th century
Mediumcubes of marble, limestone and glass embedded in lime mortar
Dimensions80.6 x 98.4 cm (31 3/4 x 38 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsMosaics
Credit LineExcavation of Antioch and Vicinity funded by the bequests of the Reverend Dr. Austin S. Garver and Sarah C. Garver
Terms
Object number1936.29
DescriptionFemale personification of Agora (Market-place)Woman in tunic and palla, pearl earrings, diadem in hair in bun on top of head. Looking right. Geometric border. Found in a cemetery near the SE edge of town, not far from the ring of walls near the lowest slopes of Mt. Silpius. This panel part of a wide figured border to Worcester's Funerary Banquet mosaic (see acc. #s 1936.26 and 1936.28). -Kondoleon
ProvenanceExcavation at Antioch; sector 24-L, 1935
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