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Antioch

Part of the border of the Megalopsychia Hunt Mosaic, which depicts a "day in the life" of fifth-century Antioch and Daphne and provided a guided tour from one to the other. This is the first major scene on the right side of the border as you face the Megalopsychia, as here.

On a principal street in Antioch, two men play a dice game. On the left is an imperial statue on a pedestal; on the right a figure stands on the steps of a building.

This photo shows this section of the border in context of the mosaic.

450-75 AD, Yakto village near Daphne. Antakya Museum, inv. 1016.

Photo © Dick Osseman. Information from Glanville Downey, Ancient Antioch (1963), illustration 54.

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