Mosaic Floor with inscription Artist: Unknown

ca. A.D. 526

Ancient Art

Not on view
Medium

Mosaic: limestone tesserae

Dimensions

Tabula Ansata: 22 13/16 × 122 7/16 in. (58 × 311 cm)
without ansae: 104 5/16 in. (265 cm)
39 1/2 × 134 1/16 in. (100.3 × 340.5 cm)

Credit Line

The Yale-British School Excavations at Gerasa

Accession Number

1929.419

Geography

Excavated in Gerasa, Jordan

Culture

Gerasa (Jordan)

Period

Early Christian

Classification

Mosaic

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-British School Excavations at Gerasa (Church of Bishop Paul [Procopius Church], south aisle, east end), present-day Jordan, 1928–34; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire (Chestnut Hill, Mass.: McMullen Museum of Art, 2014), 240, no. 5, pl. 5
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

floors, tesserae (mosaic components)

Inscriptions

Greek inscription with date; see Published References field for publication of transcription

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