Serpentarium Mundi of Alexei Alexeev The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present)
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Figure EUR-ita-038. (A) The rearing uraeus hooded cobra with the solar disc atop, placed inside the niche of the decorative shrine, resting on the human-bovine head of the goddess of the sky, dance, love, beauty, joy, motherhood, foreign lands, mining, music and fertility Hathor, flanked by two addorsed rearing uraeus hooded cobras wearing the deshret (Red Crown of Lower Egypt) and hedjet (White Crown of Upper Egypt). (B) The rearing uraeus hooded cobra with the solar disc atop, placed inside the niche of the decorative shrine, resting on the human-bovine head of the goddess Hathor, flanked by two addorsed rearing uraeus hooded cobras wearing the hedjet (White Crown of Upper Egypt) and deshret (Red Crown of Lower Egypt).


Item: Medium: Category
(Object):
Artist/Workshop: Historical/Art
Period, Date:
Provenience: Collection:
A. White
marble
Low relief
(Figural capital, carved decora-
tion, detail)
Unknown Roman Imperial,
Augustus (Octavian) (r. 27 BC-14 AD),
20s BC-10s AD
Palatine Hill,
Rome, Lazio,
Central Italy
Museo Nazionale Romano (Museo Palatino), Rome, Inventory № ?
B. White
marble
Low relief
(Figural capital, carved decora-
tion, detail)
Unknown Roman Imperial, Augustus (Octavian) (r. 27 BC-14 AD),
20s BC-10s AD
Palatine Hill,
Rome, Lazio,
Central Italy
Museo Nazionale Romano (Museo Palatino), Rome, Inventory № ?

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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