Iris Head, Parthenon, East frieze, Block V.

3D Model

Parthenon. East frieze. Block V. Fragment 442-438 π.Χ.

Fragment of the upper left corner of Block V fitted into the plaster cast of the original block which is exhibited in the British Museum in London. The fragment depicts the head of a young female goddess, possibly Iris, the messenger of the gods. It was found in 1889 used as masonry for a Byzantine wall on the Acropolis. On the rest of the block, Iris arranges her hair with her left hand while she straightens at the same time with her right hand the folds of her peplos… For more information, please visit: https://theacropolismuseum.gr/en/parthenon-east-frieze-block-v-fragment The copy was provided by the Tactual Museum from the Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece. For more information, please visit: http://www.tactualmuseum.gr/indexe.htm

For the 3d scanning used an Artec Eva (a structured-light 3D scanner) provided by the Astrolabe Engineering (https://astrolabe.gr/)