Part of a painted plaque
Inventory number
GL I.2582
Artist
Attic workshop
Category
Terracotta plaque
Period
Archaic Period
Date
525-500 BC
Dimensions
Height: 0.098 m
Length: 0.072 m
Width: 0.0065 m
Material
Clay
Location
First Floor Case 26, Νο 12
plaque on white-ground that depicts the assembly of the gods. It was found in June 1888 to the Parthenon's south.
Goddess Athena sits on a stool to the viewer’s right. She wears a chiton, a himation, an aegis and has an Attic-type helmet on her head. Her spear is in her left hand whereas in her raised right hand she holds a flower. A fragmentarily preserved seated human figure is depicted to the right while part of a bow that belongs to another lost human figure to the left.
The top and bottom of the scene are defined by narrow black bands; on the upper right corner, there is a partially preserved suspension hole.
