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Z36.1 RIVER-GOD EUPHRATES

River-God Euphrates | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology, Gaziantep
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Zeugma
Date C1st - 2nd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

This portrait of the river-god Euphrates depicts him as a green-haired and bearded god adorned with, and surrounded by, river-reeds and blooming flowers. The two horn-shaped objects beneath his chin are probably cornucopiae (horns of plenty).

ARTICLES

Euphrates, Potamoi