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Lekythos: GR.3.1955

Current Location: In storage

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White-ground, black-figure lekythos, showing the harnessing of a chariot; four bearded male figures stand around a 2-horse chariot; each wears a leafy wreath around his head; two, the charioteer, mounting the chariot box, and another standing behind the horses, may be wearing the white tunic of a charioteer; the wreaths suggest preparations for a competition or festival procession.

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.36 m
Width: 0.13 m

Place(s) associated

  • Athens ⪼ Attica ⪼ Greece

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Archaic
Production date: 490 BC

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.3.1955
Primary reference Number: 69608

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 22 January 2014

Associated departments & institutions

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

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