Athenian kyathos with Dionysos and lions

An image of Vessel. Kyathos, Dionysos and lions. Production Place: Athens, Attica, Greece. Clay, black-figured, height 0.076 m, diameter, rim, 0.099 m, diameter, base, 0.049 m, height 0.131 m, 500 B.C. Archaic Period.

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Vessel. Kyathos, Dionysos and lions. Production Place: Athens, Attica, Greece. Clay, black-figured, height 0.076 m, diameter, rim, 0.099 m, diameter, base, 0.049 m, height 0.131 m, 500 B.C. Archaic Period.

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Accession Number: GR.3.1952
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 988 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 484.33kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:10:17 10:39:16

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6th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Archaic Period Athenian Attic BC black-figured clay cup dipper drinking vessel eyes Greek handle handled kyathos lions pottery vessel

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