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Z36.2 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

The god of the river Euphrates reclines on a stone bench beside the waters of his stream. He wears a blue-grey robe and a wreath of reeds, holds a frond in one hand, and rests an arm upon an upturned, golden pitcher spilling water.

ARTICLES

Euphrates, Potamoi

OTHER IMAGES

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