Mosaic of Oceanus

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Carole Raddato
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published on 20 March 2023
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Mosaic with a huge portrait head of Oceanus, surrounded by four nereids and three lines of Latin verse. From Ain Temouchent near Sétif, late 4th or early 5th century CE.

Musée national des Antiquités, Algiers, Algeria.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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