Mosaic of the Centaurs at Melos-Adamas Church
Item
File name
sackett_092 See all items with this value
Title
Mosaic of the Centaurs at Melos-Adamas Church See all items with this value
Description
This is a photo of a floor mosaic, two centaurs in a heraldic position facing one another surrounded by a circle with other geometric shapes. A triangle is visible in the center top above their heads and a moon above the left and sun above the right centaur. See all items with this value
Place name
Adámas (inhabited place) See all items with this value
Subject
Artifact
Notes
One centaur has darker coloring and beard; the other is lighter skinned: possibly they represent male and female? They may have wings. Perhaps they represent the moon and sun, which are depicted above their backs.
Date photographed
September 1974
