To the right of Euphrates, the god of the Euphrates, a nymph is depicted lying on her side with her left elbow on the grass. A spring flows under the elbow of the nymph. This must symbolize the springs that provide water to the streams that feed the Euphrates.
Source:Mehmet ÖNAL (Archaeologist)
To the right of Euphrates, the god of the Euphrates, a nymph is depicted lying on her side with her left elbow on the grass. A spring flows under the elbow of the nymph.
Antiope is a very beautiful woman. Seeing Antiope's legendary beauty, Zeus, the god of gods, falls in love with her. And he approaches Antiope disguised as a Satyros (the name given to men who perform rituals by drinking wine in the Dionysus religion).
Two figures of the mosaic, which was smuggled 36 years ago from the ancient city of Belkıs Zeugma, located on the banks of the Euphrates River and a part of which will remain under the Birecik Dam lake built within the scope of GAP, were mounted on a piece in the museum, brought from the USA. The two figures of the mosaic, which were brought from the USA, where it was kidnapped, on June 19, were mounted in the vacant places of the Gaziantep Archaeological Museum, which was located in the ancient city of Belkıs Zeugma in 1993 and were preserved with a large question mark, and made ready for the exhibition, with the work done by the experts of the Ministry of Culture. was brought.
