Altar of Zeus, northwest section: Sea Gods Battle the Giants (Gigantomachy)

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Title Altar of Zeus, northwest section: Sea Gods Battle the Giants (Gigantomachy)
Site Upper Citadel
Location City/State Pergamon (origin)
Location Country Turkey
Style Period Ancient Greece: Hellenistic; Antiquity
Patron Eumenes II
Description exterior
Subject Architecture
Subject AAT Jupiter
Creation Date ca. 165 BCE
Form altar
Medium marble
Dimensions H: frieze 7-1/2'
Repository Pergamonmuseum (Staatliche Museen), Berlin (Germany)
Source The Pergamon Altar: Its Rediscovery, History, and Reconstruction. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1995.; Slide Library 130 -Antiquity Sites
Work ID 2952
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6nw2v9h
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 29148
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nw2v9h
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