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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-071. Nahash (Serpent of the Garden of Eden) entwining the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Paradise and holding the fruit in its mouth, flanked by Adam and Eve, both gesticulating with their right hands and covering their private parts with the leaves held by their lefts. |
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| White marble | High relief (Sarcophagus with Biblical scenes, chest, front panel, carved decoration, detail) |
Unknown | Roman Imperial/ Early Christian, the age of Constantine the Great (r. 306-337 AD) and his succes-sors, 325-350 AD |
Via Appia Necropolis (San Callisto or San Sebastiano), Rome, Lazio, Central Italy |
Musei Vaticani (Mu-seo Pio Cristiano), Vatican, Inventory № 31472 |
| 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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