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Z27.1 SILENUS RIDING CAMEL

Silenus Riding Camel | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection El Djem Archaeological Museum, El Djem
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Thysdrus, House of the Dionysian Procession
Date C2nd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Silenus riding a camel from a mosaic depicting the train of Dionysos travelling through North Africa. The plump, balding, old god balances precariously on the back of the camel with a drinking cup and horn (rhyton) by his side.

ARTICLES

Silenus

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