Hermes and Dionysos Floor Mosaic
Artist/Culture
Roman
Artist/Culture
Antioch
Date4th century C.E.
Mediumcubes of marble and limestone embedded in lime mortar
Dimensions293.6 x 198.6 cm (115 9/16 x 78 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsMosaics
Credit LineExcavation of Antioch and Vicinity funded by the bequests of the Reverend Dr. Austin S. Garver and Sarah C. Garver
Object number1936.32
DescriptionThe infant is shown wearing a circular nimbus. This is the iconographic prototype of the medieval representation of Saint Christopher and the infant Jesus.Dated by Constantinian coins found on top of it.
Hermes, identified by his winged hat and sandals and herald's staff, carries baby Dionysos (halo around his head, seated on the cloak of Hermes) toward the nymphs of Nysa and safety. From a portico in a bath on the island in the Orontes. - Kondoleon
ProvenanceExcavation at Antioch; Bath D, Sector 10-M, 1933
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