id: 144277
accession number: 1969.115
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Fragment of a Floor Mosaic: Adam and Eve, late 400s–early 500s CE. Early Byzantium, Northern Syria, Byzantine period, late 5th-early 6th century. Marble and stone tesserae; overall: 142.9 x 107.3 x 5.7 cm (56 1/4 x 42 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); mounted: 142.9 x 107.3 x 7 cm (56 1/4 x 42 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.115
title: Fragment of a Floor Mosaic: Adam and Eve
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creation date: late 400s–early 500s CE
creation date earliest: 475
creation date latest: 525
current location: 106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: early Byzantium, Northern Syria, Byzantine period, late 5th-early 6th century
technique: marble and stone tesserae
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Mosaic
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measurements: Overall: 142.9 x 107.3 x 5.7 cm (56 1/4 x 42 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Mounted: 142.9 x 107.3 x 7 cm (56 1/4 x 42 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
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inscription: ΚΕΘΑΓΟΝΕΓΥΜΝΟΘΗ (Κ’ΕΘΑΓΟΝ ΕΓΥΜΝΟΘΗ[ΣΑΝ] = κ[αι] ἔφαγον ἐγυμνώθη[σαν])
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1969
opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
title: Gallery One 2012
opening date: 2012-12-12T05:00:00
Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA 1970:"Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin, 1970 (January, 1970), p.47', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(J. J. Klejman, New York).
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"The Year in Review for 1969." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 1 (January 1970): 2-50
page number: Mentioned: p. 47 no. 120
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Donceel-Voûte, Pauline. Les Pavements des Eglises Byzantines de Syrie et du Liban: Décor, Archéologie et Liturgie. Louvain-la-Neuve: Département d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art, 1988.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 487-489 fig. 456, t. 1
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 50-51, no. 8
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Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 56-59; Reproduced: p. 57
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Belis, Alexis. Roman Mosaics in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016. p. 65
page number: Mention: P. 65, n. 6
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