Shukhuti mosaic

Shukhuti mosaic
შუხუთის მოზაიკა
Shukhuti mosaic is located in Guria
Shukhuti mosaic
Shown within Guria
Shukhuti mosaic is located in Georgia
Shukhuti mosaic
Shukhuti mosaic (Georgia)
LocationShukhuti, Guria, Georgia
RegionSouth Caucasus
Coordinates42°05′N 42°05′E / 42.083°N 42.083°E / 42.083; 42.083
TypeRoman mosaic
Part ofEastern Roman Empire
History
PeriodsLate Antiquity

The Shukhuti mosaic (Georgian: შუხუთის მოზაიკა, shukhutis mozaika) is a bath mosaic discovered in 1961 at the village of Shukhuti,[1] Guria, western Georgia. It dates from the 4th-5th century, from the times of the historical entity of Lazica.[2]

  1. ^ Zakaraia P.; Lekvinadze V. (1968). "Shukhutskaya banya" [The Shukhuti Bath]. Vizantiiskii Vremennik=Byzantine Annals (in Russian). 28: 225–237.
  2. ^ Lordkipanidze, Mariam (1994). Essays on Georgian history. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 45. ISBN 9785520015475.