File:Amphora birth Athena Louvre F32.jpg
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Summary
Object
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Attributed to Group E |
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| Object type | belly amphora | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Detail of the side A: birth of weaponed Athena who emerged from Zeus' head, Eileithyia (?) on the right. |
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| Date | between 550 and 525 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | black-figure pottery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 40.1 cm (15.7 in); diameter: 27.5 cm (10.8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Antiquités grecques, room 1: Grèce préclassique. Denon, Entresol. This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities). |
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| Accession number |
F 32 |
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| Place of creation | Athens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Fould Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 5877 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photograph
| Description |
Galego: Nacemento de Atenea da cabeza de Zeus (ánfora 550-525 a.C., Louvre)
 Español: Athena is "born" from Zeus's forehead as a result of him having swallowed her mother Metis, as he grasps the clothing of Eileithyia on the right; black-figured amphora, 550–525 BC. Louvre, Paris |
| Date | 6 June 2007 |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | User:Bibi Saint-Pol |
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| current | 09:46, 8 June 2007 | 1,866 × 1,675 (1.81 MB) | Bibi Saint-Pol | nouvelle version |
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