| ● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary |
| Type: |
 III.5a.oly.3.ber·go3.1b |
Ontolocators
(Prefix): |
 volume: |
III. coins |
 chapter (part): |
5. notables & anonyms (a. historical figures) |
Integrals
(Stem): |
 subject: |
oly. Olympias [as Hygieia?] |
 feature: |
3. feeding snake [serpent] |
Differentials
(Suffix): |
 idiosyncrasy: |
ber. Beroia? (go3. Gordian III) |
 variation: |
1. chair with nonfigurative carvings
(b. Alexander the Great wearing lion-skin headdress on obverse) |
| ● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™ |
Identifiers
(Beings): |
 deity.1: |
[Hygieia] ≌? "notable.1" [Olympias] |
 hero: |
Ø |
|
 mortal: |
Ø |
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 notable.1: |
Olympias ≅? "deity.1" [Hygieia] |
|
 anonym: |
Ø |
|
 animal.1: |
snake [serpent] |
|
 creature: |
Ø |
|
 object.1: |
libation bowl [phiale/patera] |
|
object.2: |
chair [throne/thronos] |
|
object.3: |
veil [velum/mantle?/palla?] |
|
object.4: |
stola [dress] |
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object.5: |
groundline |
|
 symbol: |
Ø |
|
 pair: |
Ø |
|
 duplet: |
Ø |
|
 group: |
Ø |
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 set: |
Ø |
|
 cluster: |
Ø |
|
 artwork: |
Ø |
|
 label.1: |
ΚΟΙΝΟΝ·ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ·ΔΙC·ΝΕΩ [legend] |
Descriptors
(Properties): |
 epithet: |
Ø |
 syncretism: |
Ø |
|
 prosopon: |
Ø |
|
 morphology.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] (general: homogeneous; human; female) (head: human; female; with hair obscured) (upper·body: human; female; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: human; female; with two legs and two feet) |
|
morphology.2: |
"animal.1" [snake] (general: homogeneous; ophiomorphic; large) (head: ophidian) (upper·body: ophidian) (lower·body: ophidian) |
|
morphology.3: |
"object.1" [libation bowl] (homogeneous; round) |
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morphology.4: |
"object.2" [chair] (composite; with seat, backrest, four [two visible] legs, and nonfigurative carvings) |
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morphology.5: |
object.3" [veil] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric) |
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morphology.6: |
"object.4" [stola] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric; long) |
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morphology.7: |
"object.5" [groundline] (homogeneous; straight; slender; full-span) |
|
 aspect.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] (general: upright; seating leftward; dressed) (head: upright; leftward) (upper·body: upright; frontward-leftward; right·arm bent slightly, extended leftward, with grasping right·hand; left·arm bent, rested, with relaxed left·hand) (lower·body: upright; leftward; right·leg bent, extended leftward-downward, with right·foot obscured; left·leg bent slightly, extended leftward-downward, with left·foot pointing downward-leftward, grounded) |
|
aspect.2: |
"animal.1" [snake] (general: upright; rearing upward-rightward; undulating) (head: lowered; rightward-downward) (upper·body: upright; rearing upward-rightward; undulating) (lower·body: upright; rearing upward-rightward; undulating; tail undulating, with tip pointing downward-rightward) |
|
aspect.3: |
"object.1" [libation bowl] (suspended; horizontal; upward; tilted slightly frontward-leftward) |
|
aspect.4: |
"object.2" [chair] (vertical; upward; leftward) |
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aspect.5: |
"object.3" [veil] (free-flowing; folding) |
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aspect.6: |
"object.4" [stola] (wrapped; free-flowing; folding) |
|
aspect.7: |
"object.5" [groundline] (horizontal) |
|
 vector.1: |
"main composition" (right → left) |
Operators
(Relations): |
 contact.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨feeding ⟨with "object.1" [libation bowl]⟩⟩ "animal.1" [snake] |
| contact.2: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨holding ⟨in right·hand⟩⟩ "object.1" [libation bowl] |
|
contact.3: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨seating ⟨on⟩⟩ "object.2" [chair] |
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contact.4: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on head and shoulders⟩⟩ "object.3" [veil] |
|
contact.5: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on whole body⟩⟩ "object.4" [stola] |
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contact.6: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨resting ⟨feet on⟩⟩ "object.5" [groundline] |
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contact.7: |
"animal.1" [snake] ⟨rearing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.5" [groundline] |
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contact.8: |
"object.2" [chair] ⟨standing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.5" [groundline] |
|
 conflict: |
Ø |
|
 context: |
Ø |
|
 contiguity: |
Ø |
|
 inversion.1: |
obverse: Alexander the Great's head {profile; rightward; wearing lion-skin headdress}; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ [legend] |
| ● 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): |
98C(OLYMPIAS) |
(story of) Olympias |
98C(OLYMPIAS)
(+1) |
(story of) Olympias (+ in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; with allegorical or symbolic accessories) |
| 12E2123 |
sacrificial feast ~ Greek religion |
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