Z12.5 DIONYSUS RIDING CENTAUR-CHARIOT
Museum Collection | Bardo National Museum, Tunis |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Type | Mosaic |
Context | Acholla, Trajan Baths |
Date | - |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) rides a chariot drawn by a pair of Centaurs. The god holds a wine cup and thyrsus (pine-cone staff) in his hands, and is crowned with a wreath of ivy.