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Posted on 04/23/2016 2:02:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Demet Kara, an archaeologist from the Hatay Archaeology Museum, said the mosaic, which was called the “skeleton mosaic,” belonged to the dining room of a house from the 3rd century B.C., as new findings have been unearthed in the ancient city of Antiocheia.
“There are three scenes on glass mosaics made of black tiles. Two things are very important among the elite class in the Roman period in terms of social activities: The first is the bath and the second is dinner. In the first scene, a black person throws fire. That symbolizes the bath. In the middle scene, there is a sundial and a young clothed man running towards it with a bare-headed butler behind. The sundial is between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. 9 p.m. is the bath time in the Roman period. He has to arrive at supper at 10 p.m. Unless he can, it is not well received. There is writing on the scene that reads he is late for supper and writing about time on the other. In the last scene, there is a reckless skeleton with a drinking pot in his hand along with bread and a wine pot. The writing on it reads ‘be cheerful and live your life,’” Kara explained...
She also said that Antiocheia was the world’s third largest city in the Roman era, and continued:
“Antiocheia was a very important, rich city. There were mosaic schools and mints in the city. The ancient city of Zeugma in [the southeastern province of] Gaziantep might have been established by people who were trained here. Antiocheia mosaics are world famous.”
(Excerpt) Read more at hurriyetdailynews.com ...
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Here are two unrelated stories I wanted to post, but after going through the steps found out they were both not usable (copyright complaint).
Our love affair with mountain cheese began in the Iron Age
http://qz.com/668001/our-love-affair-with-mountain-cheese-began-in-the-iron-age/
3D print of Oetzi the [Lactose-intolerant] Ice Man revealed
http://www.thelocal.at/20160420/3d-print-of-oetzi-the-ice-man-revealed
What sundial works at night?
” Don’t Worry be Happy”
Great wisdom in this.
It’s good to discuss politics, to learn what is up and down, to complain, change things, live in a singular obsession with some subject...
but remember we all end up like this guy. Take also time out to enjoy...something!
September songs moves to winter ones and the trees die.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_LoRgv7EW0
Fun post!
Lol! Thanks! I was thinking that would be a great meme to photoshop
Hmmm...
Depends on the time of the year, of course. Metaphorically, this pic is supposed to show the end of the day / end of life
Obviously pre-islamic times.
:’) Eat, drink, be merry, for tomorrow... :’)
http://parenthetically.blogspot.com/2012/08/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.html
“Skull and Level, a spectacular memento mori from Pompeii, 1st century, Naples Museum. This and the skeletons below are thought to be emblema, the central panels of decorative mosaic flooring found in Roman dining rooms.”
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sC2Aet7GEko/UDDsS-Ta7jI/AAAAAAAAGGk/oGyX-pKA8b0/s640/memento+mori.jpg
different page, same mosaic:
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2010/06/skull-mosaic-from-pompeii-30-bc-14-ad.html
Actually, I think this is a rare example of Roman police work — instead of chalk, they reproduced the repose of the victim using the tools available, namely, mosaic.
Or maybe “bone your wife”.
;’)
You may be right, I concede that islam was a large influence in Turkey much later that the given date of the mosaic. And your latest thought would tend to make a man cheerful 8^{ )
Or it could mean "stay thirsty, my friend."
“Go easy on the salt.”
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