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Accession_Number 84.5.9
Shape Cast
Shape_description Rectangular cast
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Blocks XXXVI, XXXVII, part of XXXVIII and XLI of South Frieze of the Parthenon, showing a section of the procession of the Panathenaic festival. Blocks XXXVI and XXXVII show a procession of elders; this section is heavily reconstructed. Block XXXVIII is reconstructed following drawings. Blocks XXXIX and XL are completely reconstructed, as the originals were removed when the building was used as a church. Block XLI depicts youths driving a bull to sacrifice.
Inscriptions
Condition Good condition. With chip on bottom left ground line (piece still present) and beneath foot of seventh figure.
Technique/Style
Provenance Donated to university library in the 1950s by Mr A H Howard of Wokingham. Transferred to the museum in March 1984.
Period modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist John Henning after Phidias
Attribution
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Beazley_DB
Height
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Other_dims. 22.8 x 5.2
Location 10.2
Edited_by Jayne, Matthew
Date_edited 07/10/2025
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