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Accession_Number 84.5.17
Shape Cast
Shape_description Rectangular cast
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration 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
Inscriptions
Condition Good condition. Surface chip – possible mold flaw – left of thymiaterion. Tiny chip to bottom left
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period modern
Date
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Artist John Henning after Phidias
Attribution
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Beazley_DB
Height
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Other_dims. 22.4 x 5.2
Location 10.2
Edited_by Matthew/Jayne
Date_edited 08/10/2025
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