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There are 3 objects for which Decoration contains → aloft
2007.9.2.1 Displays a winged woman in flight, holding flowers in her hands, and carrying a naked child on her back who is holding a torch aloft in his right hand. (Box Index = Personification of Morning/Day). Tray 5, Layer 1, Gem 1
2008.2.1.73 At the center of the scene two horses pull a chariot one figure drives the chariot whilst another figure wearing armour holding a spear and shield stands in the chariot. Another figure is depicted up-side-down next to the chariot possibly knocked over the chariot or fallen out of the chariot. In the bottom right of the scene another figure depicting leaning on a shield. In the center at the top of the scene a figure is shown with their hands aloft possibly celebrating. to the right of this central figure is another clad in armour, it is unclear what this figure is doing.
84.5.45 Bassae Frieze, Temple of Apollo Epikourios, Bassae; BM 541. Scenes from Amazonmachy. Three men (including Herakles) and three Amazons, with one mounted on horseback and one in the process of being dehorsed, are shown in hand-to-hand combat. Herakles stands in the centre, with lion skin draped over his leg and club held aloft behind his head. Left and right ends of cast are blank
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