Z34.4C PHORKYS & DYNAMENE
Museum Collection: Antakya Museum, Antakya, Turkey
Catalogue Number: Antakya 830, 829 and 825
Type: Mosaic
Context: Antioch
Date: C4th AD
Period: Imperial Roman
SUMMARY
The Nereid Dynamene rides on the back of the severe looking sea-god Phorkys who is depicted as a merman with red-skin and crab-claw "feet" and holding a flaming torch in his hands.
ARTICLES Phorkys, Nereides
OTHER IMAGES OF MOSAIC
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