| ● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary |
| Type: |
 III.2a.gio.2a.rom·mpc.0 |
Ontolocators
(Prefix): |
 volume: |
III. coins |
 chapter (part): |
2. fantastic creatures (a. herpetomorphs) |
Integrals
(Stem): |
 subject: |
gio. Giant (ophiopode) |
 feature: |
2. as architectural decoration (a. holding arrow? and club?; temple's pediment) |
Differentials
(Suffix): |
 idiosyncrasy: |
rom. Rome (mpc. Marcus Plaetorius Cestianus) |
 variation: |
0. Ø |
| ● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™ |
Identifiers
(Beings): |
 deity: |
Ø |
 hero: |
Ø |
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 mortal: |
Ø |
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 notable: |
Ø |
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 anonym: |
Ø |
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 animal: |
Ø |
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 creature.1: |
Giant (ophiopode) [Porphyrion?/
Alcyoneus?/Eurymedon?/Enceladus?] ∈ "cluster.1" [glorification? [submission?/
lamentation?] scene] ≗ "artwork.1" [relief.1] |
|
 object.1: |
arrow? ∈ "cluster.1" [glorification?
[submission?/lamentation?] scene]
≗ "artwork.1" [relief.1] |
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object.2: |
club? ∈ "cluster.1" [glorification?
[submission?/lamentation?] scene]
≗ "artwork.1" [relief.1] |
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object.3: |
temple's pediment ∋ {"artwork.1" [relief.1 [glorification? [submission?/lamentation?] scene]]} |
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 symbol: |
Ø |
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 pair: |
Ø |
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 duplet: |
Ø |
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 group: |
Ø |
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 set: |
Ø |
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 cluster.1: |
[glorification? [submission?/lamentation?] scene] ∋ {"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)]; "object.1" [arrow?]; "object.2" [club?]}; ≛ "artwork.1" [relief.1] |
|
 artwork.1: |
relief.1 ∈ "object.3" [temple's pediment];
≜ "cluster.1" [glorification? [submission?/
lamentation?] scene] |
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 label: |
Ø |
Descriptors
(Properties): |
 epithet: |
Ø |
 syncretism: |
Ø |
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 prosopon: |
Ø |
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 morphology.1: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: composite; anthropoherpetomorphic; ophiopodeᴿᴰ) (head: human; male; with short?, matted hair; bearded?) (upper·body: human; male; muscular; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: ophidian down from genitofemoral area; with vegetative, polyphyllous skirt and two serpent-protomes instead of legs) |
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morphology.2: |
"object.1" [arrow?] (composite?; straight?; slender?; short?) |
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morphology.3: |
"object.2" [club?] (homogeneous?; straight?; small?) |
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morphology.4: |
"object.3" [temple's pediment] (composite; with triangular tympanum, dentilwork, array of rais-de-cœur [leaf-and-dart] sculptural roof decorations, acroterium, and inscribed entablature) |
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morphology.5: |
"artwork.1" [relief.1 [glorification? [submission?/lamentation?] scene]] (composite [↑ see also "morphology.1" ["creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)]]; "morphology.2" ["object.1" [arrow?]]; "morphology.3" ["object.2" [club?]]]) |
|
 aspect.1: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: upright; standing frontward; unclad) (head: upright; frontward) (upper·body: upright; frontward; right·arm bent, raised, with right·hand grasping?; left·arm bent, lowered, with left·hand grasping?) (lower·body: horizontal; frontward; vegetative skirt with leaves hanging downward; two serpent-protomes extended laterally, addorsed; right·serpent swirling, extended leftward, with head? pointing leftward-downward; left·serpent swirling, extended rightward, with head? pointing rightward-downward) |
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aspect.2: |
"object.1" [arrow?] (suspended aloft; tilted; pointing downward-rightward?) |
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aspect.3: |
"object.2" [club?] (suspended; vertical; upward?; tilted rightward) |
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aspect.4: |
"object.3" [temple's pediment] (vertical; upward; frontward; orthographic [elevation] projection) |
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aspect.5: |
"artwork.1" [relief.1 [glorification? [submission?/lamentation?] scene]] (vertical; upward; frontward [↑ see also "aspect.1" ["creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)]]; "aspect.2" ["object.1" [arrow?]]; "aspect.3" ["object.2" [club?]]]) |
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 vector.1: |
"main composition" (center → periphery) |
Operators
(Relations): |
 contact.1: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨holding ⟨aloft in right·hand⟩⟩ "object.1" [arrow?] |
| contact.1: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨holding ⟨by left·arm⟩⟩ "object.2" [club?] |
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 conflict: |
Ø |
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 context: |
Ø |
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 contiguity: |
Ø |
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 inversion: |
Ø |
| ● Iconographic Type: Prominence |
Occurrences
(Registered Instances): |
 very rare |
1-6 specimens |
 sparse |
7-18 specimens |
| common |
19-60 specimens |
| abundant |
60+ specimens |
| ● Iconographic Type: Selected Universal Subject References |
ICONCLASS
(Codes and Descriptions): |
91C2(+8) |
the Giants, Gigantes (with serpents for feet), and their battle against the gods
(+ attributes) |
| 91C22(...)(+8) |
single named Giants (with NAME)
(+ attributes) |
| 12F61 |
temple, shrine ~ Roman religion |
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