A well preserved hypocaust and one of its floors is decorated with a mosaic reproducing a well known late Hellenistic iconographic type. It bore depictions of Greek mythological figures and personifications, such as Tethys, Oceanus, Thetis (Achilles's mother), Aigialos (literally sea-shore, spelled ΕΓΙΑΛΟΣ on the actual mosaic). The accompanying inscription, written in Koine Greek, ΜΗΔΕΝ ΛΑΒΟΝΤΕΣ ΗΡΓΑΣΑΜΕΘΑ (we worked without receiving anything) implies that the artists responsible for the construction of the mosaic received no fee for their labour.1
Surroundings:
Location:
- Armenia, Garrni
- geo:40.112804,44.729492
- Exact location
Period or year:
- 250~ / unknown
Class:
- Baths
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=7874
- livius:place=gorneae-garni/garni-bathhouse
Annotations
Het badhuis te Garni (Gorneas) is voorzien van een mozaïekvloer met laat-Helenistische iconografie. Het beeldt mythologische figuren af als Tethys, Oceanus, Thetis (de moeder van Achilles), Aigialos (ΕΓΙΑΛΟΣ). Een inscriptie in het mozaïek meldt ΜΗΔΕΝ ΛΑΒΟΝΤΕΣ ΗΡΓΑΣΑΜΕΘΑ (wij werkten zonder betaald te krijgen).1
References
Nearby
Garni, Urartaean Inscription
Garni, Urartaean Inscription
Garni, Saint Sion Church
Saint Sion Church
Garni, Palace of Tiridates
Garni, Palace of Tiridates