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Stamnos, with a spearman and a foot soldier

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An image of Jar/Stamnos. Depicting mounted spearman and foot soldier. Clay, red-figured, height 0.345 m 500-401 B.C. Find Spot: Vulci, Etruria, Italy. Classical Greek Period.

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Jar/Stamnos. Depicting mounted spearman and foot soldier. Clay, red-figured, height 0.345 m 500-401 B.C. Find Spot: Vulci, Etruria, Italy. Classical Greek Period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.147.1864
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 781 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 103.90kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2011:08:30 14:23:28

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5th Century Ancient Greece animals antiquity BC Classical Greek Period clay clothes clothing equestrian Fitz_ANT foot soldiers Greek handled horses jar male military mounted pottery red-figured soldiers spear stamnos storage jar uniforms vessel warriors

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