Z35.2 TETHYS & OCEANUS
Museum Collection | Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya |
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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.