- A
protome (Gr****: προτομή) is a type of
adornment that
takes the form of the head and
upper torso of
either a
human or an animal.
Protomes were
often used...
-
Protome is an
extinct genus of
parasuchid phytosaur from the Late Tri****ic of Arizona,
represented by a
single species,
Protome batalaria. It is known...
- feathered. The
griffin of Greece, as
depicted in cast
bronze cauldron protomes (cf. below), has a
squat face with
short beaks that are open
agape as if...
-
wooden beam Lion
protome with a
round cross-section was
placed as an
attached end-piece on one of the two
rudder axes Wolf
protome with a
square cross-section...
- Wall
protome of a
bearded Dionysus. Boeotia,
early fourth century BC....
-
Brooch with a
griffin protome, from the
necropolis of Kameiros, Rhodes, c. 625–600 BC (Louvre)...
-
killed him. When
Hadrian requested that they
bring the
severed head (Gr****:
protome) of the
slain victim close to him that he
might see it,
Hadrian observed...
-
Silver rhyton with goat
protome and
death of Orpheus, c. 420–410 BC,
housed in the V****il
Bojkov Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria. The horn in a continuous...
- that
enclosed the
entire head,
distinguished by a
stylized griffin on the
protome or
front of the
crest (the
griffin was the
companion of the
avenging goddess...
-
Protome Machaeroprosopus (including Redondasaurus)...
