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Cast of the bust of a goddess, perhaps Aphrodite, from the East pediment of the Parthenon (438432 BC). Most scholars agree that this figure represents Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, leaning on her mother, Dione. Although the cast is only a small fraction of the original statue group, it allows us to see how Aphrodite was depicted in the Classical age.
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| 2023.11.1
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Cast of horse hea. Horse made to look stressed with pinned-back ears, gaping jaw, flared nostrils, and bulging eyes and veins. The original is part of the sculptures in the east pediment of the Parthenon showed the birth of Athena from the head of her father Zeus, a momentous event witnessed by the gods. The corners of this pediment were filled with the chariots of Helios and Selene, the gods of the sun and moon, this horse is one of Selene's. The original is now in the British Museum.
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Blocks I, II and III (figures 1 to 8) of the east frieze of the Parthenon, showing a section of the procession of the Panathenaic festival. Block I shows a male marshal, and Blocks II and III (figures 1 to 8) show procession rightwards of females holding phiales. Blocks I and III are reconstructed from drawings. Left and right of cast are blank
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Blocks III (figures 9 to 23) and IV (figures 20 to 23) of the east frieze of the Parthenon, showing a section of the processing of the Panathenaic festival. Right half shows a procession rightwards of three females holding oinochoe and six more ahead; left half shows two groups of men (one pair and one group of four) standing in conversation
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Blocks IV (figures 24 to 27) and VI (figures 38 to 42) of the east frieze of the Parthenon. Both blocks show various Olympian gods at rest on stools: from left to right: Hermes, Dionysus, Artemis, Ares, Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis (again), Aphrodite and Eros. Aphrodite has been reconstructed due to damage to the original
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Block V of the east frieze of the Parthenon. Block shows on left (in order) the gods Nike/Iris, Hera and Zeus at rest on stools. The centre shows three females and two males in the process of giving the peplos; the left two females carry stools with the rightmost holding a baton to the centre female; the right two males, one man and one boy, fold the peplos. The right shows the gods Athena and Hephaistos at rest on stools
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Block VI (figures 43 to 48) and VII of the east frieze of the Parthenon. The left half of the cast shows five men (three with staffs) standing in conversation; additionally another male (procession marshal) is standing facing the away from this group. The right half of the cast shows another two standing males (marshals) who are directing a group of six females (partaking in the Panathenaic festival)
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Block VIII of the east frieze of the Parthenon, showing a section of the procession of the Panathenaic festival. Block shows seven females processing leftwards. The foremost carries a thymiaterion (incense burner), and those behind carry oinochoai and phiales with the rearmost female empty-handed. Both the left and right ends of the cast are left blank
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| E.23.2
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Funerary stele with vulture wings surrounding the solar disk, common during the time period. Below the wings is the text of the stele, surviving intact. Two men are depicted adoring the god Re-Horakhty, whose presence is indicated not only by the uraeus and sun disk but also his name inscribed in the text. It has been suggested that the dress of the figures indicates that they are Nubians; this is confirmed by the oddity of their personal names. The sky is depicted above the winged disk, each end being supported by the symbol of the west (on the left, only the top of the feather survives) and the east (on the right, more or less complete). A signature, possibly belonging to Flinders Petrie has been found above the head of the right hand figure.
There is only one viable interpretation possible, when one combines the depictions with the details found within the text. The stele depicts the man Serep and his son Tkr-Irt-Hrw, not as has been assumed Serep with his Ka. A personal Ka has no need of the title m33 khrw, which is a title of the deceased, thus two deceased are depicted. There is no question that Serep is a man as he is depicted in male dress and has the male symbol after his name.
There is enough evidence to show that the stele was once painted. Red pigment on the sun disk of the god is the most apparent, though a similar (if not the same) is found in several of the hieroglyphics and on the deceased as well as faint traces on the column to the right. A yellow stain remains in the first two columns, which could be remains of the paint used to fill in the columns. The combination of colours matches well with the red pigment found in the glyphs.
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| E.62.12
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Blue scarab on a flat base, which has vertical lines down the top of the beetle from its throat, and patterned legs. The wings are detached, both with spanned wing decorations. Base is plain. There are 6 small holes on the points of the compass, with 2 at East and at West by the side of the scarab, and three holes on each of the wings. These are at the corners of the joining part to the body of the scarab and one at each end of the wing spans.
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