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One of two plaques with identical representations in relief. Greek pursuing a wounded Amazon, who is carrying a shield. This scene of the Amazonomachia (Battle of the Amazons and Greeks) is important from the archaeological aspect, as this was depicted on the outside of the shield of the Athena Parthenos statue, which the great sculptor Pheidias had made for the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens.
The plaques were found in the harbor of Piraeus in the winter of 1930-31. They were part of the cargo of a wrecked ship headed to Italy. They derive from the same ancient attic workshop and they were executed around the middle of the 2nd CE.

Location Archaeological Museum/Piraeus/Greece

Unique Identifier ART371036

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4368px × 2912px

Photo Credit Sites & Photos / Art Resource, NY

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