Athenian grave lekythos of Hegemon

An image of Funerary Equipment / Grave Marker, Part Of. Grave lekythos of Hegemon. Marble (Pentelic), carved, height 0.94 m, depth 0.395 m, maximum, weight 200 kg, approx, 400- 301 B.C. Find Spot: Athens, Attica, Greece (probably). Classical Greek Period.

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Funerary Equipment / Grave Marker, Part Of. Grave lekythos of Hegemon. Marble (Pentelic), carved, height 0.94 m, depth 0.395 m, maximum, weight 200 kg, approx, 400- 301 B.C. Find Spot: Athens, Attica, Greece (probably). Classical Greek Period.

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Accession Number: GR.20.1865
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 620 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 112.04kB
Exposure time: 1/80
ISO Speed: 400
Fnumber: 11/1
Captured: 2013:06:10 15:18:11

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4th Century Ancient Greece animals antiquity Athenian Attic BC carved Classical Greek Period clothes clothing costume equestrian Fitz_ANT funerary equipment grave goods grave marker gravestone Greek horses Lekythoi lekythos male marble oil vessel relief sculpture tunic vessel

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