Therinos (Martyr)

- Code: ΝΕΤ 023
- Type: Mosaic replica
- Chronology: 1953
- Dimensions: Height 57, 5 εκ., ; length 48, 5 εκ.
- Materials of Construction: plaster, dye and glass
- Origin: Thessaloniki
Replica of mosaic (4th century) that comes from a mosaic ensemble from the dome of the Roman Rotunda of Thessaloniki, and more specifically the lower zone called “the zone of the Martyrs”. Against a golden background a Martyr is represented in bust, part of the full-body figure from the dome of Rotunda. He wears the official garments of a Roman official. The replica was made and presented within the framework of the 9th International Conference of Byzantine Studies, in Thessaloniki 1953.