Corinth Object: MOS 1934 1
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MOS 1934 1
Title:   TESSELATED FLOOR: NEREID ON TRITON'S BACK
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   MOS
Year:   1934
Object Number:   1
Description:   Mosaic tesselated floor.
Decoration:   BorderL alternating circles and diamonds,. Field: central panel, Nereid on Triton's back, above winged Eros; five squares with Eros on marine animals. Guilloche between panels.
Condition:   Complete or intact.
Area:   Mosaic House
Context:   NB142 P119
    NB142 P91
    NB142 P120
    NB142 P118
    NB142 P90
    NB142 P65
    NB142 P111
    NB142 P115
    NB142 P69
    NB142 P92
    NB193 P5
    NB142 P68
    NB142 P122
    NB193 P6
    NB142 P89
Bibliography:   AJA 1935, Vol. 39, p. 61-63, figs. 1 and 6; Corinth 1.4 (dated Late Antonine-Early Severan); Salieis 1987, Bon. Jahib, p. 272 (same date); Waywell 1979, AJA, cat. 20; Bruneau, Tendances, ANRW
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Mosaic House
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