Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MOS 1962 1 | |
Title: | TESSELATED FLOOR: THREE SECTIONS | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | MOS | |
Year: | 1962 | |
Object Number: | 1 | |
Description: | Tesselated floor with geometric designs and figural representations. Tesserae bedded in cement. | |
Decoration: | Many colors used, both brilliant colors (glass) and subdued hues (stone). Outer border of interlocking circles. Inner border of large rinceau with small scale figures: centaur chasing panther and other animal. Two panels of field bordered by meander. Panels show birds with fruits. | |
Material: | Limestone, glass. | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Preserving three sections total: two sections of outer border, one section of inner border, and parts of two panels of field. | |
Period: | 3rd c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | last quarter 1st c. CE, according to Miller 1972; 3rd c. CE, according to Salieis 1987 | |
Area: | Anaploga | |
Context: | Anaploga | |
Bibliography: | Robinson 1963, Chronika 18, p. 78-79, fig. 92c; Miller 1972, Hesperia 41, p. 333-354; Waywell 1979, AJA, cat. 16, p. 297; Bruneau, Tendances, ANRW; Wiseman 1979, ANRW 2.7.1, p. 528, pl. 10.18; Joyce 1979, AJA p. 262; Salieis 1987, Bon. Jahib, p. 278 | |
Site: | Anaploga | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Anaploga Images (46) Basket: Anaploga |