Z35.1A OCEANUS
Museum Collection | Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya |
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Catalogue No. | Antakya 850 |
Type | Mosaic |
Context | Antioch, House of the Calendar |
Date | C2nd A.D. |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The elderly sea-god Oceanus is depicted as a grey-haired man with crab-claw "horns" and an oar in his hand. He sits beside his wife Tethys (see other image) amongst a school of fish.