Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:
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ID_Number:
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WBD_01532
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Creator name:
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unknown
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Title:
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Mosaic Depicting an Elephant with its Trunk Around the Neck of a Lion
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View description:
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detail
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Date:
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ca. 450-640
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Date type:
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creation
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Location:
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Great Palace of the Emperors (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Location type:
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former repository
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Repository name:
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Great Palace Mosaic Museum
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Repository name variant:
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Buyuk Saray Mozaikleri Muzesi
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Repository location:
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Istanbul, Turkey
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Style_Period:
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Byzantine
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Style_Period:
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5th century
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Style_Period name variant:
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fifth century
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Style_Period:
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6th century
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Style_Period name variant:
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sixth century
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Style_Period:
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7th century
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Style_Period name variant:
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seventh century
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Subject:
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animals
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Subject:
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wild animals
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Subject:
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mythologies (religious concept)
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Subject:
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lion (species)
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Subject:
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elephant
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Subject:
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mosaics (visual works)
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Subject:
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courtyards
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Culture:
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Byzantine
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Culture:
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Constantinopolitan
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Category:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Work_type:
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mosaics (visual works)
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Material_Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Copy_Source:
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digital image
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Image_Source:
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Walter Denny disk
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Relation:
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Great palace of Constantinople
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Relation type:
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former component of
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Relation:
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Great palace Mosaic Museum
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Relation type:
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current component of
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Rights Reproduction & Access:
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Copyrighted material - for educational use only
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Filename:
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WBD_01532.tif
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