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2005
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Derya Sahin, « The Amisos Mosaic of Achilles : Achilles Cult in the Black Sea Region », Publications de l'École Française de Rome, ID : 10670/1.gdefcf
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The subject of our investigation is a group of mosaics exhibited at the Samsun Archeological Museum which has been dug out during the excavations of the place known today as the school of deaf at the Ancient Amissos City. The mosaic measures 7 × 8 m and was removed in sections, each piece being approximately 1.5 × 1.5 m. It is clear that the current arrangement of this section is not faithful to the original. The random placement can easily be detected in the geometrical pattern. The central image is the myth of Achilles and Thetis, a subject familiar on Greek vases dating from 5 B. C. Around it, at the corners, there are female images and in between illustrated Nereids ride Hipocamps. The outer frame, together with geometrical patterns personifying the Seasons, shows a sacrifice. The seasons in the comers of our mosaic are also important for foreign contacts. Similar borders can be seen in Southeast Anatolia, Cyprus, North Africa, Spain, Italy and Great Britain which are within the borders of the Roman Empire. Facing the Achilles panel is a sacrifice ceremony motif, this probably related to this panel, so it must be concerning an unknown cult of Achilles in Amissos, because of the position of the panels. Considering the technique and style, this mosaic most probably dates in the 1st part of the 3rd century A. D.