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Z35.7 OCEANUS OR PONTUS

Oceanus or Pontus | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Bardo National Museum, Tunis
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Utica, Oceanus or Neptune Mosaic
Date -
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The head of Oceanus or Pontus, personification of the sea, rises from the water. The god has a beard of ocean waves, sea-weed hair, and four pairs of lobster-claw and antennae "horns". Two winged Erotes (Roman Cupids) ride on the backs of fish below him.

ARTICLES

Oceanus, Pontus, Erotes

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