Mosaic depicting a peacock from the city of Antioch, 3rd-4th century CE. Peacocks were a frequent subject of Roman artists; they represented spring and rebirth and were kept in the temples of Juno.
One of the panels of a mosaic of a cheery skeleton uncovered in Turkey in 2016, probably dated to the Late Roman era Antioch. The word can be transliterated as EUPHROSYNOS (cheerful).
“Fish Pond mosaic by Gary Drostle. It’s made of vitreous ceramic tesserae using a ‘reverse technique’ and measures 2 meters in diameter. Made for a small public garden in Croydon, Surrey, UK, it won several art awards.“ (via Archaeohistories at Twitter)
