Parthenon Frieze _ East V, 33-35

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One the left, a woman (33) takes over the stool carried by a girl (32). A man (34) wearing a long tunic takes a folded cloth from a child (35), probably the archon basileus, head of Athenian state religion. The cloth is likely the sacred robe (peplos) of Athena. Comparing this figure to others in the frieze, it appears to be a boy. The east frieze consists of eight or nine blocks, with research showing VII and VIII formed one block. Block V, the middle block, measures 4.50 m. in length, while corner blocks are narrow as they are ends of blocks I from the north frieze and XLVII from the south frieze. Blocks II and VI remain on the Acropolis, while blocks I, III-V, VIII are in the British Museum, and block VII is in the Louvre. Fragments reside in various museums, including the British Museum and the Archaeological Museum of Palermo. The Parthenon's frieze forms a continuous band with low-relief scenes encircling the upper cella within the outer colonnade. The theme depicted is the procession toward the Acropolis during the Great Panathenaia, commemorating Athena's birthday. Numbering follows I. Jenkins' The Parthenon Frieze, 1994. Slabs are marked in Roman numerals and people in arabic numbers.