Z2.2 CHARIOT OF POSEIDON

Museum Collection:  Gaziantep Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey
Catalogue Number: TBA
Type: Mosaic
Context: Zeugma
Date: C1st - C2nd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Poseidon drives a chariot drawn by two Hippokampoi (fish-tailed horses) across the sea. He wields a trident in his hand. Beneath him the old sea gods Okeanos and Tethys sit wrapped in the tail of a sea-serpent.

ARTICLES

Poseidon, Hippokampoi, Okeanos, Tethys