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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-020. God Hermes, holding an "archaic" kerykeion (caduceus) with two serpentine (?) objects, semi-entwined at the tip of the staff. |
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| Ceramic (earthenware), polychrome pigments |
Vase painting (Attic black-figure hydria, painted de-coration, detail) |
Painter of Vatican G 43 (fl. 530s BC, name vase) |
Middle Archaic, 530s BC |
Vulci, Lazio, Central Italy (Etruria) |
Musei Vaticani (Museo Gregoriano Etrusco), Vatican, Inventory № 34556 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Vatican 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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