Athena

first half 5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)

5.8 cm 16.8 cm 6.5 cm

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This figure of Athena held a spear in her upraised hand and a shield on her left arm. Her protective aegis, a scaly animal skin with a Gorgon's head on the front, extends down her back as far as the waist.

Artifact

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5446
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object
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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7
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