Field photos and artifacts from the 'dig of the century'
Images courtesy of the Princeton University Art Museum and the Department of Art and Archaeology.
(Courtesy Princeton University Art Museum. Roman, Mosaic: birds in rinceau, 526–540 A.D., Stone, h. 113.5 cm., w. 206.3 cm., d. 10.0 cm. [44 11/16 x 81 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.], Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch, y1965 227.)
(Field notebook photo, courtesy Department of Art and Archaeology)
(Field notebook photo, courtesy Department of Art and Archaeology)
(Field notebook photo, courtesy Department of Art and Archaeology)
(Field notebook photo, courtesy Department of Art and Archaeology)
(Field notebook photo, courtesy Department of Art and Archaeology)
(Courtesy Princeton University Art Museum. Roman, Mosaic: Aphrodite and Adonis, 1st century A.D., Stone, approximately: h. 160.0 cm., w. 190.0 cm., d. 13.5 cm. [63 x 74 13/16 x 5 5/16 in.], Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University, y1940 156.)
(Courtesy Princeton University Art Museum. Roman, Mosaic: inscription, March 387 A.D., Stone, h. 118.8 cm., w. 686.5 cm., d. 10.3 cm. [46 3/4 x 270 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.], Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch, y1965 221.)
(Courtesy Princeton University Art Museum. Roman, Mosaic pavement: Ninus and Semiramis, ca. 200 A.D., Stone, h. 166.0 cm., w. 97.0 cm., d. 13.0 cm. [65 3/8 x 38 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.], Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University, y1937 264.)