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Athenian kyathos with Dionysos and lions

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An image of Vessel. Kyathos, Dionysos and lions. Production Place: Athens, Attica, Greece. Clay, black-figured, height 0.076 m, diameter, rim, 0.099 m, diameter, base, 0.049 m, height 0.131 m, 500 B.C. Archaic Period.

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Vessel. Kyathos, Dionysos and lions. Production Place: Athens, Attica, Greece. Clay, black-figured, height 0.076 m, diameter, rim, 0.099 m, diameter, base, 0.049 m, height 0.131 m, 500 B.C. Archaic Period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.3.1952
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 988 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 484.33kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2017:10:17 10:39:16

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6th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Archaic Period Athenian Attic BC black-figured clay cup dipper drinking vessel eyes Greek handle handled kyathos lions pottery vessel

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