Z35.4 OCEANUS & TETHYS
| Museum Collection | Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology, Gaziantep |
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| Catalogue No. | - |
| Type | Mosaic |
| Context | Zeugma |
| Date | C1st - 2nd A.D. |
| Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The busts of the elderly marine-gods Oceanus and Tethys rise from the sea. Oceanus is depicted as a grey-haired man with a pair of lobster-claw "horns" and an oar by his side. His wife Tethys has a winged brow and wears a draconic sea-serpent coiled about her shoulders.