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English: Winged goddess with a Gorgon's head wearing a split skirt and holding a bird in each hand, type of the Potnia Theron. Probably made on Kos. From Kameiros, Rhodes.
Français : Déesse ailée à tête de Gorgone, portant une jupe et tenant un oiseau dans chaque main, type de la Maîtresse des Animaux (Potnia Theron). Probablement réalisé à Cos, vers 600 AEC. D. 32 cm. Provenance: Camiros, Rhodes. Notice du British Museum [1]
Date circa 600 BC
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions Diam. 13 in.
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Main floor, room 13, Geometric and Archaic Greece
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GR1860.4.4.2 or 1860,0404.2 (Cat. Vases G13/6)
Credit line Excavated by Auguste Salzmann and Sir Alfred Biliotti; purchase, 1860
Source/Photographer Ealdgyth, 4 June 2010. Own work
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