Pinax (Plaque) with Funerary Scene

2nd half 6th century BCE (Archaic)

16.8 cm 9 cm

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"Pinakes" (singular "pinax") are decorated plaques made usually of terracotta, but also of wood, ivory, stone, or metal, which were often dedicated as offerings in sanctuaries. The holes were used to hang them within the sanctuary on walls, trees, or even on the cult image of...

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Moise Emmanuelides, Athens, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1924, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P1225]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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