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Mosaics in Adana

I have large collections of Roman mosaics at (this one included) at: Gaziantep Zeugma Museum; Istanbul mosaics museum; Mosaics in the Casale Villa in Sicily; Adana mosaics; Antakya Museum gallery, Haleplibahçe Mosaics Museum in Urfa.
Often it is hard to take pictures of mosaics in museums. In many cases they are put against a wall, and as they can be large, it is like looking up to a very big painting. Often they are lit by just some spotlights, causing overly lit parts here, underexposed parts there. I have come across cases where even the colour temperature of lights differed (in the pictures presented here there are a few where artificial light mixed with light reflecting from a touristic picture on the wall - a nice beach, but I could have done without it -, again causing differences in that arena. Also reflections from differently coloured walls may cause problems). Overall conditions in the Adana displays are favourable. Light is generally even, and as one walks on elevated “bridges” (with glass floors, so even the parts below, often less interesting, are visible), in the cases where the mosaics are on the walls, one is on about even height, so distortion due to a difference in height is negligible.

The majority of the mosaics, some of them as large as the floors of the churches they once were in, are lying on the floor. The bridges are high enough to be able to correct for much of the distortion caused by parts being farther away than others. In some cases the mosaic is simply too large.

I generally correct, as far as I can, to present a (part of a) mosaic as if seen from high above the centre, a birds eye’s view. In cases where this is impossible I may chose to accept all distortion and show it “as found”. In other cases I show two versions, one corrected, the other “as found”. I used a new camera that I trust to be very true in colour, so I edited colours to a minimum, if at all. The light intensity various somewhat between different pictures, as angle, lens, amount of correction and maybe even local light conditions vary, and I find it impossible to match it all over. Mosaics of which I had many pictures I gave a sub-gallery (name in bold script).
I expect to return, and too have learned in the mean time, so some future pictures may be better. For the time being, this is the best I could produce.
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Adana Archaeological Museum view 0812.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum view 0812.jpg
Peaceful Kingdom mosaic
Peaceful Kingdom mosaic
Adana Archaeological Museum Artemis Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0343.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Artemis Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0343.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Artemis Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0344.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Artemis Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0769.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Artemis Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0769.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Erotes Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0347 orig.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Erotes Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0347 orig.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Erotes Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0347b.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Erotes Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0348.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Erotes Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0351.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Erotes Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0770.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Erotes Mosaic mid 2nd AD 0770.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Noah's Ark Mosaic 0338.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Noah's Ark Mosaic 0338.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Noah's Ark Mosaic sept 2019 6489.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Noah's Ark Mosaic sept 2019 6489.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Noah's Ark Mosaic sept 2019 6490.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Noah's Ark Mosaic sept 2019 6490.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Noah's Ark Mosaic 0340.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys mosaic 1 3rd AD 0353.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys mosaic 1 3rd AD 0353.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 1 3rd AD 0775.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 1 3rd AD 0775.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys mosaic 1 3rd AD 0776.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys mosaic 1 3rd AD 0355.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 2 4th AD 0802.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 2 4th AD 0802.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 2 4th AD 0382.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 2 4th AD 0382.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 2 4th AD 0801.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 2 4th AD 0385.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Thetys Mosaic 2 4th AD 0385.jpg
Faydali Basilica mosaic
Faydali Basilica mosaic
Adana Archaeological Museum Hunting Mosaic 0378.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Hunting Mosaic 0378.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Hunting Mosaic 0379.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Hunting Mosaic 0806b.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Hunting Mosaic 0807.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0369.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0369.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0366.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD sept 2019 6495.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD sept 2019 6495.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD sept 2019 6497.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD sept 2019 6497.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0367.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0367.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0811.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0811.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0368.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0809.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0809.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0370.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Orpheus Mosaic 4th AD 0370.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Sea mosaic 0799.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Sea mosaic 0799.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Sea mosaic 0799b.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Sea mosaic 0799b.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Sogüzü Mosaic 0360.jpg
Adana Archaeological Museum Sogüzü Mosaic 0360.jpg
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Adana Archaeological Museum Sogüzü Mosaic 0362.jpg
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