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There are 15 objects for which Decoration contains → serpent
2007.10.2.185 Fighting scene. A creature with female body and a serpent instead of legs grabbing a man, naked and on his knees
2007.10.2.219 2 male figures, one seated (left figure) and one standing (right figure). Seated figure carrying a staff, possibly denoting older age or social class. Standing figure is wearing a cape, possibly suggesting that he, or both figures, are travellers. He also appears to be stirring a pot at the feet of both figures. On the far right of the scene there is a pole with a serpent wrapped around it.
2007.10.2.306 At the centre of the cast is a naked young male, he is seated on what appears to be a large smooth rock. A large serpent is coiled beneath the male figure and to the right a lyre is placed on a stand or podium. On the far right of the cast a second stand or podium is carved, this one has what appears to be a tripod standing upon it. To the far left of the cast stands a clothed female figure. She is holding a rod or staff. Her attention is not upon the central scene, she appears distracted by something which is occurring further left as her gaze is directed that way.
2007.10.2.334 Naked woman riding on the back of a half horse half sea serpent, holding a trumpet.
2009.8.128 Winged child with a trident fights of a sea serpent. A figure on a pole in the background. Cast number: 74
2009.8.129 A serpent winded around a tree, an axe in the foreground. Cast number: 75
2009.8.172 A woman sitting on the back of creature that is half horse and half serpent. Cast number: 26
2009.8.183 A naked man with a beard holding a stick and putting one foot on a rock. There is a tree in the middle. On the other side of it a woman wearing a dress and a helmet. There is a serpent at her feet and another one behind her. Maybe Athena and Hercules.
2009.8.193 Profile of a young woman with a helmet and a serpent. Inscription on her left side. Cast number: 47
2009.9.142 A naked winged man is riding a sea-horse (horse torso, serpent body). Cast number: 76
2009.9.143 A naked winged child riding a sea-horse (horse torso, serpent body). Cast number: 77
2009.9.28 A monster with a lion's head, a man's chest and two serpent tails wearing an aureole, looking right. Cast number: 42
2009.9.35 A naked man with two pair of wings and a bird's tail, holding a scepter, surrounded by spears or sticks, standing on a serpent. There is an inscription with the serpent's circle. Cast number: 49
2009.9.37 A ball or a globe from which two grow two serpent heads. On the head on the left side stands a man turning to the monster in the middle, on the head on the right side stands a woman also facing the monster. The monster in the middle has a male human body but two dog's heads, one facing the woman, the other the man. The scenery is enclosed by a serpent biting in its own tail. There are letters on the serpent heads. Cast number: 51
2009.9.46 A creature with a bird's head, a man's chest and the body of a serpent holding a spear or stick. Inscriptions surrounding the monster. Cast number: 60
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