Athenian squat lekythos, with Nike and altar

An image of Vessel. Squat lekythos. Nike and altar. Production Place: Attica, Athens. Clay, red-figured, height, 0.138, m, width, 0.083, m, 470- 460 B.C. Classical Period.

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Vessel. Squat lekythos. Nike and altar. Production Place: Attica, Athens. Clay, red-figured, height, 0.138, m, width, 0.083, m, 470- 460 B.C. Classical Period.

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Accession Number: GR.40.1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 87.40kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2012:05:23 16:08:40

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5th Century altar Ancient Greece antiquity BC Classical Greek Period clay female goddess gods Greek handle handled Lekythoi lekythos mythological mythology Nike pottery red-figured squat vessel Victoria (goddess) Victory winged wings

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