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Fragment of a black-figure lekythos: Contest over the Delphic Tripod,
late 6th century B.C.

Attributed to the Edinburgh Painter

Greek, Attic

y1964-105

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Title

Fragment of a black-figure lekythos: Contest over the Delphic Tripod

Dates

late 6th century B.C.

Maker

Edinburgh Painter

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

13 x 11.5 x 2.9 cm (5 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward Sampson, Class of 1914, for the Alden Sampson Collection

Object Number

y1964-105

Culture

Attic

Period

Black-figure

Type

ceramics, lekythoi

Materials

glaze, ceramic

Subject

mythology, men, deities, spears (weapons), zigzags, women, cuirasses, helmets, soldiers, tripods (stands), figures (representations), warriors

Given to the Museum by Edward Sampson

"Acquisitions of 1964", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 24, no. 1 (1965): p. 20-23., p. 22

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Greek, Attic, Attributed to the Edinburgh Painter, late 6th century B.C., Fragment of a black-figure lekythos: Contest over the Delphic Tripod. Ceramic; 13 × 11.5 × 2.9 cm. Gift of Edward Sampson, Class of 1914, for the Alden Sampson Collection (y1964-105) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/29185

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