honorthegods:November Fragment of a mosaic with the months of the year. First half third century CE.
honorthegods:November Fragment of a mosaic with the months of the year. First half third century CE. Discovered in the city of Thysdrus, Roman province of Byzacena, (modern El Djem, Tunisia). Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Sousse. Photo: © Ad Meskens, 2012 via Wikimedia Commons (X). License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 UnportedThis panel showing a figure portraying Hermanubis in jackal’s head mask and holding a caduceus, and accompanied by two pterophoroi (feather-bearing) priests commemorates the Inventio Osiridis, a week-long reenactment of the death of Osiris and the quest of Isis to recover his body. The final day of the festival was the Hilaria, a celebration of Osiris’ rebirth. -- source link
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