Monumentum
Oceaunus of Mérida
The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.
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22 Jan 2022
Updated on 27 Jan 2022
Oceanus of Merida
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Oceanus of Merida, detail of inscrition on god's thigh
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White marble statue (H. 0.72 Br. 1.95), found in 1902. Mus. Merida, Inv. No. 85.
Reclining Oceanus, his body wrapped in a cloak, which leaves the upper part uncovered. He leans on a damaged dolphin, on the base waving lines (water). On the stomach remnants of a cornucopia. On the l. thigh an inscription. Head and arms have got lost.
Paris in CRAI 1904, 573; Cagnat in Bull. Hisp. 1904, 349; BAH 1903, 244 No.4; Paris in RA XXIV, 1914, 8f No.
Reclining Oceanus, his body wrapped in a cloak, which leaves the upper part uncovered. He leans on a damaged dolphin, on the base waving lines (water). On the stomach remnants of a cornucopia. On the l. thigh an inscription. Head and arms have got lost.