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Lekythos: GR.2.1955

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 21

Maker(s)

Leagros Group

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Description

Lekythos, Achilles and the body of Hector

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.308 m
Width: 0.151 m

Relative size of this object

15.1 cm30.8 cm1 mm What does this represent?

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Place(s) associated

  • Athens

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1955) by Lamb, Winifred

Dating

Archaic
-510 BCE - -500 BCE

Note

Black-figured

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.2.1955
Primary reference Number: 69607
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 21 July 2017 Last processed: Thursday 8 April 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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