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Lekythos: GR.5.1963

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Capodimonte Group

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Description

Lekythos, black-figure; Judgement of Paris, with three female figures, the central one clearly defined as Athena by her helmet, spear and aegis, hurrying after the messenger-god Hermes; grape vines in the field.

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.33 m

Place(s) associated

  • Athens

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Lamb, Winifred

Dating

Archaic
Circa -500 BCE - -490 BCE

Note

Black-figured

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.5.1963
Primary reference Number: 69682
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 November 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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