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Summary
Gorgon's head
Author
Ad Meskens
Title
Gorgon's head
label QS:Len,"Gorgon's head"
label QS:Lde,"Kopf der Medusa"
label QS:Lfr,"mosaïque de la Méduse de Sousse"
Object type
mosaic
Description
English: Mosaic with the symbol of horror and dread: head of a Gorgon, with a penetrating gaze surrounded by snakes and with two wings on her brows.
Second half second century
Tepidarium of Dar Zmela house
Archeological Museum of Sousse
Nederlands: Mozaïek met het symbool van angst en vrees: het hoofd van een Gorgo, met een doordringende blik, omgeven door slangen en met twee vleugels op haar wenkbrauw.
Tweede helft tweede eeuw
Tepidarium van een huis in Dar Zmela
Archeological Museum of Sousse
Date
1 August 2012
Medium
marble
Collection
Sousse Archaeological Museum
Native name
Musée archéologique de Sousse
Location
Sousse , Tunisia
Coordinates
35° 49′ 19″ N, 10° 38′ 07″ E
Established
1951
Authority file
: Q3329457
VIAF: 130485094
ULAN: 500309128
LCCN: no95043032
GND: 10086015-1
SUDOC: 079586058
WorldCat
Place of discovery
Sousse
Object history
discovered (Sousse)
Source/Photographer
Own work
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Camera location
35° 49′ 21.29″ N, 10° 38′ 08.4″ E
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35.822581; 10.635667
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Captions
The Medusa's head central to a mosaic floor in a tepidarium of the Roman era. Museum of Sousse, Tunisia