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Athenian lekythos with Nike

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An image of Vessel. Lekythos. Nike. Production Place/Find Spot: Athens,Attica, Greece. Clay, red-figured, height 0.175 m, 470 B.C. Classical Period.

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Vessel. Lekythos. Nike. Production Place/Find Spot: Athens,Attica, Greece. Clay, red-figured, height 0.175 m, 470 B.C. Classical Period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.118.1864
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • 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: 66.66kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2012:05:23 16:16:53

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5th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Athenian Attic BC Classical Greek Period clay female Fitz_ANT flying goddess gods Greek Lekythoi lekythos mythological mythology oil vessel pottery red-figured tall vessel victory winged wings

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