I wanted to test how one of these block would come out with ~30 photos (ended up with 33). Took most on the right side to get good coverage of the Amazonian with shield therefore the left isn’t complete.
It’s a block from a frieze showing the Amazonomachy (Amazon battle) from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and can be found in the British Museum in London, England.
A frieze is an architectural feature, part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice.
“To the right an Amazon and a Greek are fighting over a falling Amazon. The striding Amazon advances to the right and extends her shield towards her opponent. Below her is an Amazon on the ground, falling to the left. Stepping over her is a Greek, seen from the back. He may have overcome the falling Amazon and now faces another Amazon…”
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