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Accession_Number 84.5.3
Shape Cast
Shape_description Rectangular cast
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Reconstructed cast of blocks VIII, IX, and XI of the South frieze of the Parthenon, showing part of the procession of the Panathenaic festival. This section shows eleven horses and their riders.
Inscriptions
Condition Complete in two halves, glued together. On the reverse you can see the glue used to reattach the halves. There is a medium sized chip at the bottom of the glued section. The broken edge is viable on the front but is otherwise undamaged.
Technique/Style Plaster cast from mould
Provenance
Period modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist John Henning after Phidias
Attribution
Image
Comparanda Original friezes in the British Museum, the BM also have the molds and casts.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. L 23.1 h:5.4
Location 9.2.1
Edited_by Jayne
Date_edited 12.02.25
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