Slaves were the lowest social class in Byzantium: a servant
feeding the pack mule, from a mosaic in the Great Palace, Constantinople, ca. 7th century.
Ankara, Ministry of Culture General Directorate of Monuments and Museums.
Jobst., W., Behcet, E., Gurtner, C., Istanbul The Great Palace Mosaic:
The story of its exploration preservation and exhibition, (1983-1997) Osterreichische
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1997, p. 49, ill. 34.
© Ministry of Culture General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, Ankara
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