| ● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary |
| Type: |
 III.5a.oly.5.rom·unk.1a |
Ontolocators
(Prefix): |
 volume: |
III. coins |
 chapter (part): |
5. notables & anonyms (a. historical figures) |
Integrals
(Stem): |
 subject: |
oly. Olympias |
 feature: |
5. caressing Zeus-Ammon as serpent |
Differentials
(Suffix): |
 idiosyncrasy: |
rom. Rome (unk. unknown authority/
issuer) |
 variation: |
1. sofa with dolphin-shaped armrest; anepigraphic (a. Alexander the Great wearing lion-skin headdress on obverse) |
| ● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™ |
Identifiers
(Beings): |
 deity.1: |
[Zeus-Ammon] ⇚ "creature.1" [serpent] |
 hero: |
Ø |
|
 mortal: |
Ø |
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 notable.1: |
Olympias |
|
 anonym: |
Ø |
|
 animal: |
Ø |
|
 creature.1: |
serpent ⇛ "deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] |
|
 object.1: |
sofa [couch/kline] |
|
object.2: |
veil [velum/mantle?/palla?] |
|
object.3: |
stola [dress] |
|
object.4: |
groundline |
|
 symbol: |
Ø |
|
 pair: |
Ø |
|
 duplet: |
Ø |
|
 group: |
Ø |
|
 set: |
Ø |
|
 cluster: |
Ø |
|
 artwork: |
Ø |
|
 label: |
Ø |
Descriptors
(Properties): |
 epithet: |
Ø |
 syncretism: |
Ø |
|
 prosopon: |
Ø |
|
 morphology.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] (general: homogeneous; human; female) (head: human; female; with hair mainly obscured) (upper·body: human; female; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: human; female; with two legs and two feet) |
|
morphology.2: |
"creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon]
as serpent] (general: homogeneous; ophiomorphic; large) (head: ophidian; crested?) (upper·body: ophidian) (lower·body: ophidian) |
|
morphology.3: |
"object.1" [sofa] (composite; with long seat, dolphin-shaped armrest, and four [two visible] legs; covered with free-hanging ornamented drapery) |
|
morphology.4: |
"object.2" [veil] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric) |
|
morphology.5: |
"object.3" [stola] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric; long) |
|
morphology.6: |
"object.4" [groundline] (homogeneous; straight; slender; full-span) |
|
 aspect.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] (general: upright; reclining leftward; leaning rightward; dressed) (head: upright; leftward-downward) (upper·body: upright, frontward-leftward; right·arm bent slightly, extended leftward, with right·hand open upward; left·arm bent slightly, rested, with left·hand relaxed) (lower·body: horizontal; leftward; right·leg bent slightly, extended leftward, with raised knee, and right·foot obscured; left·leg bent, extended leftward, with lowered knee, and left·foot obscured) |
|
aspect.2: |
"creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] as serpent] (general: upright; rearing upward-rightward; swirling) (head: lowered; rightward) (upper·body: upright; rearing upward-rightward; swirling) (lower·body: upright; rearing upward-rightward; swirling; tail undulating, with tip pointing downward) |
|
aspect.3: |
"object.1" [sofa] (horizontal; upward; frontward) |
|
aspect.4: |
"object.2" [veil] (free-flowing; folding) |
|
aspect.5: |
"object.3" [stola] (wrapped; free-flowing; folding) |
|
aspect.6: |
"object.4" [groundline] (horizontal) |
|
 vector.1: |
"main composition" (left → right) |
Operators
(Relations): |
 contact.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨caressing ⟨head of⟩⟩ "creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] as serpent] |
| contact.2: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨reclining ⟨on⟩⟩ "object.1" [sofa] |
|
contact.3: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on head and shoulders⟩⟩ "object.2" [veil] |
|
contact.4: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on whole body⟩⟩ "object.3" [stola] |
|
contact.5: |
"creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] as serpent] ⟨rearing ⟨atop⟩⟩ "object.1" [sofa] |
|
contact.6: |
"object.1" [sofa] ⟨standing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.4" [groundline] |
|
 conflict: |
Ø |
|
 context: |
Ø |
|
 contiguity: |
Ø |
|
 inversion.1: |
obverse: Alexander the Great's head {profile; rightward; wearing lion-skin headdress} |
| ● 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)2 |
love affairs of Olympias |
98C(OLYMPIAS)21
(+1) |
Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, embraced by a serpent or a dragon (+ in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; with allegorical or symbolic accessories) |
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