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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-ita-011. The chief Olympian god Zeus (Jupiter) brandishing a thunderbolt (keraunos in Greek, fulmen in Latin) with his right hand, holding a staff in his left, and riding quadriga over two ophiopode (serpent-legged) giants with their swirling squamous (scaly) lower limbs terminating with the heads of serpents. |
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| Double-layered onyx |
Miniature relief (Cameo gem, carved deco- ration) |
Athenion (fl. c. 200 AD) |
Roman Imperial, 190-210 AD |
TBD | Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Inventory № 25848 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Italian 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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