Athenian kyathos with a battle scene

An image of Vessel. Kyathos, battle scene. Production Place: Athens, Attica, Greece. Clay, black-figured, depth 0.109 m, width 0.15 m, height 0.055 m, height 0.152 m, 510 to 500 B.C. Archaic Period.

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Vessel. Kyathos, battle scene. Production Place: Athens, Attica, Greece. Clay, black-figured, depth 0.109 m, width 0.15 m, height 0.055 m, height 0.152 m, 510 to 500 B.C. Archaic Period.

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Accession Number: GR.22.1904
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: 924 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 475.19kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:10:17 10:29:00

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6th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Archaic Period Athenian Attic battle battle scene battlefield BC black-figured clay combat cup dipper drinking vessel fighting Greek hand combat handle handled kyathos pottery soldiers vessel warriors

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