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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-038. A battle scene from the Gigantomachia: Heracles preparing to shoot his bow; helmeted goddess Athena in the Promachos (Fighting in the Front Line) aspect wearing scaly torso-aegis with snakes-fringe, carrying the Boeotian shield with the image of rearing, bearded snakes atop the head of Gorgon Medusa, and brandishing spear; god of war Ares (?) wearing the Corinthian helmet with its crest (equine mane-like comb) mounted on the ophiomorphic bracket-base. |
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| Ceramic (earthenware), polychrome (?) pigments |
Vase painting (Attic black-figure amphora, painted decoration, detail) |
Painter of Vatican 365 (fl. 550-530 BC) |
Middle Archaic, 550-530 BC |
Cerveteri, Lazio, Central Italy (Etruria) |
Musei Vaticani (Museo Gregoriano Etrusco), Vatican, Inventory № 16445 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Vatican Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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