Image code: 24892

Polychrome mosaic with marine mosaic

Mosaic in Alexandrian style belonging to the floor of the nave of the Eastern Basilica of Qsar Lybia, ancient Neapolis. It depicts a sea monster swimming among the waves. The image is an iconographic theme linked to the fantastic bestiaries of oriental origin and a symbol of the exchange between Cyrene and the extreme provinces of the Empire

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