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Object Type
Museum number: 1860,0404.1
Description: Pottery plate showing Menelaos and Hector fighting over the body of Euphorbos. The letter forms are Argive.
Cultures/periods: East Dorian; Archaic Greek
Production date: 600BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Kos
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Kamiros
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 39.37 centimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G13/dc6)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2010, 1 May-31Oct, Shanghai, Shanghai Museum, Expo 2010 2014-2015, 13 Nov-13 Feb, Paris, Musee du Louvre, Rhodos: a Gate from and to the Eastern Mediterranean 2019-2020 21 Nov-8 Mar, London, BM, SEG, Troy
Subjects: single combat; classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Menelaus; Representation of: Hector; Representation of: Euphorbos
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Auguste Salzmann; Purchased from: Sir Alfred Biliotti
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1860,0404.1
Conservation

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