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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure SSA-ind-089. A male heroic character riding cynocephalic (dog-headed) bipede ichthyocaude (fish-tailed) aquatic composite monster makara (?) with a prominent facial gill (stylised beard?), proboscis, muscular, sturdy forelegs, and a piscine homocercal (symmetrical) caudal fin, the creature, iconographically very similar to the Hellenistic-Roman ketos. |
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| Stone | High relief (Architectural panel, (tympanum?), lower register, carved de-coration, detail) | Unknown | Kushan Empire, first century AD |
Kankali Tila, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Central India |
National Museum, New Delhi, Inven- tory № J.555 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Indian Expedition, 27 January - 6 March 2013). 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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