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Accession_Number 84.5.31
Shape Cast
Shape_description Rectangular cast
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Blocks VI, VII and VIII of the west frieze of the Parthenon, showing a section of the procession of the Panathenaic festival. Shows a cavalcade of cavalry proceeding leftwards with four horses. At centre left is a helmeted male standing with left foot upon a rock tightening a sandal. At the far right the final horse is unmounted and held on to by a standing male with cloak shown flapping behind
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Condition Good condition small fracture with adhesive still viable at bottom left corner
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Provenance
Period modern
Date
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Artist John Henning after Phidias
Attribution
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Beazley_DB
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Other_dims. 22.8 x 5.2
Location 10.2
Edited_by Matthew & Jayne
Date_edited 16.10.2025
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