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Z35.2 TETHYS & OCEANUS

Tethys & Oceanus | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya
Catalogue No. Antakya 1013
Type Mosaic
Context Daphne near Antioch
Date C4th A.D.
Period Late Roman

DESCRIPTION

The elderly marine-gods Oceanus and Tethys rise up to the bust from the sea. He is depicted as a grey-haired man with a pair of crab- or lobster-claw "horns". She has a winged brow and wears a sash of kelp and pearl earrings.

ARTICLES

Oceanus, Tethys