A representation of the snaky-haired head of the Gorgon Medusa, used often as an apotropaic image in ancient Greek and Roman art. Web resource here.
Mosaic emblema with a Gorgoneion, from Rome. Stone tesserae. 115-150 CE. Getty Villa, Malibu, Cal.
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