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title: Byzantine Gooseherd Mosaic
author: Hagia Sophia Research Team
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7817/byzantine-gooseherd-mosaic/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Byzantine Gooseherd Mosaic
_Authored by Hagia Sophia Research Team_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7817.jpg)
## Image Caption
The gooseherd: A boy and a girl herding two geese are depicted in this [mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/). Great [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) Mosaic Museum, Istanbul, [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/). Period: Early [Byzantine](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Byzantine/), circa 6th. century CE. Place: [Constantinople](https://www.worldhistory.org/Constantinople/), (Modern Istanbul, Turkey). Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. The Great Palace Mosaic Museum was inaugurated in 1987 CE. The mosaics in the museum mostly depict animals and humans in nature, mythological, pastoral motifs and hunting scenes. Once located in today’s Sultan Ahmet District, the [Great Palace of Constantinople](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1211/the-great-palace-of-constantinople/) was built by [Constantine the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/Constantine_I/). The Palace area extended from the Hippodrome to the coastline. Destroyed in the Nika Riot in the 6th century CE, the Great Palace was rebuilt by [Justinian I](https://www.worldhistory.org/Justinian_I/). The mosaics, decorating the floors of the museum today date back to that restoration time. The mosaics are just one-seventh of the original work.
## Cite This Work
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Team, H. S. R. (2018, January 11). Byzantine Gooseherd Mosaic. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Team, Hagia Sophia Research. "Byzantine Gooseherd Mosaic." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 11, 2018. .
### MLA
Team, Hagia Sophia Research. "Byzantine Gooseherd Mosaic." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 Jan 2018, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/great-palace-mosaic-museum/) by **Hagia Sophia Research Team**. Submitted by [Rome and Byzantium](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/hagiasophiatr/ "User Page: Rome and Byzantium"), published on 11 January 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.