| ● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary |
| Type: |
 III.2a.gio.2f.rom·ner.0 |
Ontolocators
(Prefix): |
 volume: |
III. coins |
 chapter (part): |
2. fantastic creatures (a. herpetomorphs) |
Integrals
(Stem): |
 subject: |
gio. Giant (ophiopode) (×5?) |
 feature: |
2. as architectural decoration (f. fighting Olympian gods [Dii Consentes]; triumphal arch's façade and left side) |
Differentials
(Suffix): |
 idiosyncrasy: |
rom. Rome (ner. Nero) |
 variation: |
0. Ø |
| ● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™ |
Identifiers
(Beings): |
 deity.1: |
[Mars] ≛ "artwork.8" [sculpture.1] |
| deity.2: |
[Pax? [Felicitas?/Bona Fortuna?]] ∈ "cluster.2" [central triumphal scene]; ≗ "artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] |
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deity.3: |
[Victoria] ∈ "cluster.2" [central triumphal scene]; ≗ "artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] |
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deity.4: |
[Olympian god [Jupiter [Zeus]?/Minerva [Athena]?/Apollo?/Diana [Artemis]?/
Vulcan [Hephaestus]?]] ∈ "group.1" [Olympian gods [Dii Consentes]]; ≗ "artwork.9" [relief group.3 [Gigantomachy scene]] |
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 hero: |
Ø |
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 mortal: |
Ø |
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 notable.1: |
[Emperor Nero?] ∈ "cluster.2" [central triumphal scene]; ≗ "artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] |
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 anonym.1: |
[Oriental? [Parthian?/Armenian?] soldier (×2)] ∈ "cluster.3" [auxiliary triumphal scene]; ≗ "artwork.2" [sculpture group.2 [corner acroteria]] |
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anonym.2: |
[unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽¹⁾ (×2?)] ∈ "cluster.4" [glorification?/combat? scene];
≗ "artwork.3" [relief register.1];
[unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽²⁾] ∈ "cluster.5" [left glorification? scene];
≗ "artwork.4" [relief.A1];
[unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽³⁾] ∈ "cluster.6" [right glorification? scene];
≗ "artwork.5" [relief.A2];
[unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽⁴⁾ ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆] ∈ "cluster.7" [left festive? scene ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆]; ≗ "artwork.6" [relief group.1];
[unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽⁵⁾ ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆] ∈ "cluster.8" [right festive? scene ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆]; ≗ "artwork.7" [relief group.2] |
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 animal.1: |
[horse (×4)] ∈ "cluster.1" [central quadriga]; ≗ "artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] |
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 creature.1: |
Giant (ophiopode) (×5?) ∈ "group.2" [Giants (ophiopode)]; ≗ "artwork.9" [relief group.3 [Gigantomachy scene]] |
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 object.1: |
[chariot] ∈ "cluster.1" [central quadriga];
≗ "artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] |
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object.2: |
Triumphal Arch of Nero ∋ {"artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]]; "artwork.2" [sculpture group.2 [corner acroteria]]; "artwork.3" [relief register.1 [glorification?/combat? scene]]; "artwork.4" [relief.A1 [left glorification? scene]]; "artwork.5" [relief.A2 [right glorification? scene]]; "artwork.6" [relief group.1 [left festive? scene]]; "artwork.7" [relief group.2 [right festive? scene]]; "artwork.8" [sculpture.1 [Mars]]; "artwork.9" [relief group.3 [Gigantomachy scene]]} |
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 symbol: |
Ø |
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 pair: |
Ø |
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 duplet: |
Ø |
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 group.1: |
[Olympian gods [Dii Consentes]] ∋ {Olympian god [Jupiter [Zeus]?/Minerva [Athena]?/Apollo?/Diana [Artemis]?/
Vulcan [Hephaestus]?]}; ∈ "cluster.9" [Gigantomachy scene]; ≗ "artwork.9" [relief group.3] |
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group.2: |
[Giants (ophiopode)] ∋ {Giant (ophiopode) (×5?)}; ∈ "cluster.9" [Gigantomachy scene]; ≗ "artwork.9" [relief group.3] |
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 set: |
Ø |
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 cluster.1: |
[central quadriga] ∋ {"animal.1" [horse (×4)]; "object.1" [chariot]}; ∈ "cluster.2" [central triumphal scene]; ≗ "artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] |
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cluster.2: |
[central triumphal scene] ∋ {"deity.2" [Pax? [Felicitas?/Bona Fortuna?]]; "deity.3" [Victoria]; "cluster.1" [central quadriga]}; ≛ "artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] |
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cluster.3: |
[auxiliary triumphal scene] ∋ {"anonym.1" [Oriental? [Parthian?/Armenian?] soldier (×2)]}; ≛ "artwork.2" [sculpture group.2 [corner acroteria]] |
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cluster.4: |
[glorification?/combat? scene] ∋ {unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽¹⁾ (×2?)]}; ≛ "artwork.3" [relief register.1] |
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cluster.5: |
[left glorification? scene] ∋ {"anonym.2" [unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽²⁾]}; ≛ "artwork.4" [relief.A1] |
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cluster.6: |
[right glorification? scene] ∋ {"anonym.2" [unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽³⁾]}; ≛ "artwork.5" [relief.A2] |
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cluster.7: |
[left festive? scene ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆] ∋ {"anonym.2" [unknown deity/hero/
mortal⁽⁴⁾ ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆]}; ≛ "artwork.6" [relief group.1] |
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cluster.8: |
[right festive? scene ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆] ∋ {"anonym.2" [unknown deity/hero/
mortal⁽⁵⁾ ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆]}; ≛ "artwork.7" [relief group.2] |
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cluster.9: |
[Gigantomachy scene] ∋ {"group.2" [Giants (ophiopode)]; "group.1" [Olympian gods [Dii Consentes]]}; ≛ "artwork.9" [relief group.3] |
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 artwork.1: |
sculpture group.1 [central acroterium] ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; roof]; ≜ "cluster.2" [central triumphal scene] |
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 artwork.2: |
sculpture group.2 [corner acroteria] ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; roof]; ≜ "cluster.3" [auxiliary triumphal scene] |
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artwork.3: |
relief register.1 ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; central acroterium's pedestal [plinth]]; ≜ "cluster.4" [glorification?/
combat? scene] |
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artwork.4: |
relief.A1 ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; central gateway's [archway's] upper-left corner panel]; ≜ "cluster.4" [left glorification? scene] |
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artwork.5: |
relief.A2 ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; central gateway's [archway's] upper-right corner panel]; ≜ "cluster.6" [right glorification? scene] |
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artwork.6: |
relief group.1 ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; central gateway's [archway's] left panel]; ≜ "cluster.7" [left festive? scene ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆] |
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artwork.7: |
relief group.2 ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; central gateway's [archway's] right panel]; ≜ "cluster.8" [right festive? scene ⁅(×3)/(×4)⁆] |
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artwork.8: |
sculpture.1 ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; left side niche]; ≜ "deity.1" [Mars] |
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artwork.9: |
relief group.3 ∈ "object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero; lower pedestals [plinths]];
≜ "cluster.9" [Gigantomachy scene] |
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label: |
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Descriptors
(Properties): |
 epithet: |
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 syncretism: |
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 prosopon: |
Ø |
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 morphology.1: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: composite; anthropoherpetomorphic; ophiopodeᵀᴰ) (head: human; male) (upper·body: human; male; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: ophidian down from genitofemoral area; with two serpent-terminals [tails] instead of legs) |
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morphology.2: |
"object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero] (general: composite; with elaborately decorated superstructure; large) (upper·section: sculptural roof decorations with central acroterium on decorated pedestal [plinth] and two corner acroteria) (middle·section: three [visible] large Corinthian corner pilasters; central gateway [archway] with semicircular [segmental] arch and garland hanging across; two relief corner panels below entablature's cornice [architrave?]; ⁅six/eight⁆ vertically stacked relief panels [⁅three/four⁆ on each side]; left side sculpture niche) (lower·section: pedestal [plynth] register with five [visible] relief panels) |
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 morphology.3: |
"artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] (composite [Emperor Nero?-driven four-horse chariot [quadriga], Pax? [Felicitas?/Bona Fortuna?], and Victoria on large pedestal [plinth]]) |
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morphology.4: |
"artwork.2" [sculpture group.2 [corner acroteria]] (composite [two Oriental? [Parthian?/Armenian?] soldiers]) |
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morphology.5: |
"artwork.3" [relief register.1 [glorification?/combat? scene]] (composite [two? unknown deities/heroes/mortals⁽¹⁾]) |
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morphology.6: |
"artwork.4" [relief.A1 [left glorification? scene]] (homogeneous [anthropomorphic, female? figure [unknown deity/hero/
mortal⁽²⁾]]) |
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morphology.7: |
"artwork.5" [relief.A2 [right glorification? scene]] (homogeneous [anthropomorphic, female? figure [unknown deity/hero/
mortal⁽³⁾]]) |
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morphology.8: |
"artwork.6" [relief group.1 [left festive? scene]] (composite [⁅three/four⁆ anthropomorphic figures [unknown deities/heroes/mortals⁽⁴⁾]]) |
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morphology.9: |
"artwork.7" [relief group.2 [right festive? scene]] (composite [⁅three/four⁆ anthropomorphic figures [unknown deities/heroes/mortals⁽⁵⁾]]) |
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morphology.10: |
"artwork.8" [sculpture.1 [Mars]] (homogeneous [homogeneous; human; male; head and torso with two arms and two legs; wearing helmet?; unclad [wearing folded chlamys? on left·shoulder?]; holding spear in right·hand and round shield in left·hand]) |
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morphology.11: |
"artwork.9" [relief group.3 [Gigantomachy scene]] (composite [Olympian gods [Dii Consentes] and Giants (ophiopode)]) |
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aspect.1: |
"creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: upright; standing frontward/backward, rightward/leftward; unclad) (head: upright; frontward/backward, rightward/leftward) (upper·body: upright; frontward/backward, rightward/leftward; right·arm bent slightly/straight, raised/extended rightward/leftward, with right·hand open?; left·arm bent slightly/straight, raised/extended rightward/leftward, with left·hand open?) (lower·body: upright; frontward/backward, rightward/leftward; two serpent-terminals [tails] extended laterally; right·tail swirling, extended rightward/leftward, with tip obscured; left·tail swirling, extended rightward/leftward, with tip obscured) |
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aspect.2: |
"object.2" [Triumphal Arch of Nero] (vertical; upward; frontward; oblique [cabinet?] projection) |
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aspect.3: |
"artwork.1" [sculpture group.1 [central acroterium]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward [Emperor Nero? holding olive branch [laurel wreath?] in right·hand and scepter in left·hand, driving frontward-rightward four-horse chariot [quadriga], and flanked by standing Pax? [Felicitas?/
Bona Fortuna?]] holding caduceus in right·hand and cornucopia in left·hand and standing Victoria holding laurel wreath? in right·hand and palm frond in left·hand]) |
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aspect.4: |
"artwork.2" [sculpture group.2 [corner acroteria]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward [two Oriental? [Parthian?/
Armenian?] soldiers wearing tall Phrygian? caps, holding torches? [weapons?] in hands, and standing/charging? frontward/
backward, rightward/leftward]) |
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aspect.5: |
"artwork.3" [relief register.1 [glorification?/combat? scene]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward [two? unknown deities/heroes/mortals⁽¹⁾ holding torches? [weapons?] in hands and standing/charging? rightward/leftward]) |
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aspect.6: |
"artwork.4" [relief.A1 [left glorification? scene]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward [anthropomorphic, female? figure [unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽²⁾] reclining rightward under billowing veil? and holding palm frond?]) |
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aspect.7: |
"artwork.5" [relief.A2 [right glorification? scene]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward [anthropomorphic, female? figure [unknown deity/hero/mortal⁽³⁾] reclining leftward under billowing veil?
and holding palm frond?]) |
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aspect.8: |
"artwork.6" [relief group.1 [left festive? scene]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward [anthropomorphic figures [unknown deities/heroes/mortals⁽⁴⁾] standing frontward-rightward?]) |
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aspect.9: |
"artwork.7" [relief group.2 [right festive? scene]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward [anthropomorphic figures [unknown deities/heroes/mortals⁽⁵⁾] standing frontward-leftward?]) |
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aspect.10: |
"artwork.8" [sculpture.1 [Mars]] (vertical; upward; frontward-leftward [upright; standing frontward-leftward; facing frontward-rightward]) |
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aspect.11: |
"artwork.9" [relief group.3 [Gigantomachy scene]] (vertical; upward; frontward-rightward/frontward-leftward [upright Olympian gods [Dii Consentes] and upright Giants (ophiopode) charging/advancing frontward/backward, rightward/leftward, and violently engaging opponents]) |
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 vector.1: |
"main composition" (center → periphery) |
Operators
(Relations): |
 association: |
Ø |
 conflict.1: |
"group.2" [Giants (ophiopode)] ⟨fighting⟩ "group.1" [Olympian gods [Dii Consentes]] |
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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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