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TITLE: Floor Mosaic - Oceanus and Tethis
LOCATION: Gaziantep Museum
DESCRIPTION: Zeugma is the name of the now flooded old city that held the Roman villas with the tile mosaics and which was the most important Roman outpost at that time. Double lobsters are tied to his hair while Thetis has double wings on her head. The river dragon is between them. This mosaic was found on the floor of a shallow pond surrounded by columns.
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CONTRIBUTOR: Andrys Basten - , USA |
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