Z36.1 RIVER-GOD EUPHRATES
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
This portrait of the river-god Euphrates depicts him as a green-haired and bearded god adorned with, and surrounded by, river-reeds and blooming flowers. The two horn-shaped objects beneath his chin are probably cornucopiae (horns of plenty).