Athenian amphora with warriors and a battle scene

An image of Vessel/Amphora, with (A) warriors leaving home, woman with child, (B) battle. Black-figured, clay, height 0.437 m, width 0.292 m, 600-501 B.C. Archaic Period. Production Place: Athens.

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Vessel/Amphora, with (A) warriors leaving home, woman with child, (B) battle. Black-figured, clay, height 0.437 m, width 0.292 m, 600-501 B.C. Archaic Period. Production Place: Athens.

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Accession Number: GR.1.1889
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 131.65kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2010:11:08 14:13:10

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6th Century amphora amphorae Ancient Greece animals antiquity Archaic Period Athenian Attic battle battle scene battlefield BC black-figured chariot charioteer container Fitz_ANT Greek handled horses male military neck-amphora pottery quadriga soldiers vessel warriors

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