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Z47.6 THE HEAD OF MEDUSA

Head of Medusa | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Sousse Archaeological Museum, Sousse
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Hadrumetum
Date -
Period Late Roman

DESCRIPTION

The head of Medusa ("the Gorgoneion") is depicted with wide eyes, wings on the brow, red hair wreathed with six coiling vipers, and a pair of knotted snake-tails below the chin.

ARTICLES

Medusa