- Image ID
- 803
- Title
- Phoenix Mosaic from Antioch
- Location
- Louvre Museum, Paris, France
- Caption
- Mosaic pavement featuring a phoenix on a background of roses. From a private house in Daphne, a suburb of Antioch-on-the-Orontes (modern-day Antakya, Turkey), late 5th century. The phoenix symbolizes immortality. The border design is made up of a repeated motif of two confronted rams' heads set on a pair of open wings with gray ribbons fluttering below. Very similar motifs have been found on textiles, rock carvings, seals and metalwork of the Sassanian period. Marble and limestone, 30 x 82 in. Louvre Museum, Paris, N° Inv. Ma 3442.
- Dates
- created July 21, 2008 | added November 11, 2009 | updated February 27, 2025
- Part of Trip
- 7
- Credit
- Holly Hayes
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. May not be copied without permission.
- Camera
- Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
- EXIF Data
- 17 mm · 0.02500 sec · ISO 800
- Image Size
- 2149 x 2777 px (6 MP)
- Quality
- 6
- EdStockPhoto?
- yes
- Art History Images?
- yes