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Z34.6 THALASSA THE SEA

Thalassa| Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya
Catalogue No. Antakya 1017
Type Mosaic
Context Daphne near Antioch
Date C5th A.D.
Period Late Roman

DESCRIPTION

Thalassa, personification of the sea, is depicted as a wild-haired woman crowned with a pair of crab-claw horns, wearing a kelp(?) wrap and holding an oar. The child sea-god Palaemon rides a dolphin beside her (see other image).

ARTICLES

Thalassa

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Palaemon

Z34.5 Palaemon