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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-035. Helmeted goddess of wisdom, creativity, craft, weaving, poetry, medicine, commerce, diplomacy, and just war Athena in the Promachos (Fighting in the Front Line) aspect wearing torso-aegis with snakes-fringe, carrying the aspis (hoplon?) shield with the image of a coiling bearded serpent, and brandishing spear. |
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| Ceramic (earthenware), polychrome pigments |
Vase painting (Attic pseudo-Pana-thenaic black-figure amphora, painted decoration, detail) |
Group of Vatican G 23 (fl. 510-480 BC, name vase) |
Late Archaic, 510-500 BC |
Vulci, Lazio, Central Italy (Etruria) |
Musei Vaticani (Museo Gregoriano Etrusco), Vatican, Inventory № 34536 |
| 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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