Journal of Mosaic Research
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Item Funerary mosaic found in Northern Syria(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2016) Abdallah, KomaitA mosaic was discovered in 2007, in a funerary chamber at Frykia village in northern Syria, by the excavation service of the Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of Syria. This mosaic presents an interesting scene consisting of two columns with a pair of animals facing each other next to a fruit tree. The study of the decor suggests that this mosaic belongs to the 6th century B.C. and that the iconographic theme is inspired by Isaiah 11:6 concerning the animal kingdom of peace and is rendered according to the Syrian tradition of mosaic art from the 6th century. The representation of this topic in a mosaic belonging to a funerary chamber has a significance, regarding the Christian interpretation of life after dead.Item Nouvelles mosaïques d’osrhoène découvertes in situ en syrie du nord(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2020-08-07) Abdallah, Komait; Desreumaux, Alain; al-Kaid, MohammadIn 2017, a mosaic was discovered in a plain near Tell Shioukh Tehtani, located 60 km northeast of Aleppo in the Euphrates Valley and is known for remains from the Bronze Age found by an Italian-Syrian archaeological mission. The mosaic was found during a clandestine excavation carried out before 2017. The Directorate of Antiquity in Damascus which was informed by the local society sent a team of restorers who excavated and documented all the floor mosaic before removing it to the service of antiquity at Al-Hassake province. The work of the restorers has shown that this mosaic is the remains of the pavements of a private villa. The drawing plan done by the restorers shows a part of this building composed of several rooms and a corridor. All these parts are paved with mosaics, some of them was in situ, others were looted. The apse main room is paved with a mosaic around a basin in the center; there remains only one carpet figured by the Achilles scene in Skyros; the figures are identified by inscriptions in Syriac. In another room, there is a mosaic around a basin in the center representing a foliage of vine coming out of the vases with four Eros. The mosaic of the corridor is decorated with geometric patterns. The stylistic study shows that these mosaics are very close to those found at Edessa (Urfa) and dated to the 3rd century AD. This mosaic has an exceptional importance because, on the one hand, it attests the diffusion of the Edessa mosaics workshops outside the city and its region, and on the other hand, it gives an idea on the decoration of the mosaics in the public buildings in this region in Roman times.