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Ancient Art
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Explore image in Mosaic Floor with inscription
ca. A.D. 526
Mosaic: limestone tesserae
Tabula Ansata: 58 × 311 cm (22 13/16 × 122 7/16 in.)
without ansae: 265 cm (104 5/16 in.)
100.33 × 340.52 cm (39 1/2 × 134 1/16 in.)
without ansae: 265 cm (104 5/16 in.)
100.33 × 340.52 cm (39 1/2 × 134 1/16 in.)
The Yale-British School Excavations at Gerasa
1929.419
Geography:
Excavated in Gerasa, Jordan
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Gerasa (Jordan)
Period:
Early Christian
Classification:
Mosaic
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.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
