Early Byzantine Mosaic of the Virgin Mary

holding a pearl

 

5th - 6th Centuries AD

 

Height: 84.45 cm.     (33 1/4 in.)

Width: 80.01 cm.     (31 1/2 in.)

 

 

 

ex: private American collection, before 1973

 

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIII (New York, 2015) p.33

 

cf. Fiema, Zbigniew, T. et al; The Petra Church (Amman, 2001) pp.307, 319-323

 

 

 

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