Image code: 27788

Mosaic with personification of the Euphrates River. Detail

part of an opus vermiculatum mosaic panel showing the personification of the river euphrates represented as a bearded man with a crown of papyrus leaves lying covered by a dark tunic and pouring water from a golden cup. at the side is a tree with leaves. It shows a pictorialism typical of African mosaics. At the side is a female figure wearing a tunic and cloak as Neiades

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