Z35.4 OKEANOS & TETHYS

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

SUMMARY

The old sea-god Okeanos, depicted with crab-claw horns, sits beside his wife Tethys, whose temples are decked with wings. Between them coils a sea-drakon.

ARTICLESOkeanos, Tethys

 
 
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