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Inventory number

GL I.2758

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Weight or loom weight

Period

Archaic-Classical Period

Date

5th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.03 m
Length: 0.009 m to 0.025 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 27, Νο 5

Description
Bibliography

Pyramidal loom weight with truncated top. On its two sides depicted is Athena's sacred bird, the owl. Each of the other two sides is adorned with a palmette and linear motif. The decoration is made with added whitish and pink paint.

Graef, B., Langlotz, E., Die antiken Vasen von der Akropolis zu Athen, 1, Berlin, 1925, σελ. 262, αρ. κατ. 2758
Pala, E., Acropoli di Atene, Un microcosmo della produzione e distribuzione della ceramica attica, Rome, 2012, σελ. 346, αρ. κατ. Ι.2758