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in 1864 is inscribed "Rhombos", apparently the donor, who commemorated his sacrifice in this manner. The sacrificial animal in the case is a young bull, but the iconic pose, with the young animal across the sacrifiant's shoulders, secured by forelegs and rear legs firmly in the sacrifiant's grip, is
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Not every
Kriophoros, even in Christian times, is Christ, the Good Shepherd. A Kriophoros shepherd, fleeing with his flock from the attack of a wolf, was interpreted as a purely pastoral figure in the 4th-5th century floor mosaics of a colonnade in Great Palace at Constantinople. Nonetheless, "the
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made an image of Hermes carrying a ram upon his shoulders. Whichever of the youths is judged to be the most handsome goes round the walls at the feast of Hermes, carrying a lamb on his shoulders.
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transformed into the Christ carrying a lamb and walking among his sheep: "Thus we find philosophers holding scrolls or a Hermes
Kriophoros which can be turned into Christ giving the Law (
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figure of a shepherd carrying a lamb, simply as a pastoral vignette, became a common figure in series denoting the months or seasons, characteristically March or April.
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