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Fragment of a Lydian Terracotta Architectural Tile in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011

Fragment of a Lydian Terracotta Architectural Tile in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011
Fragment of a terracotta architectural tile

Period: Archaic

Date: 6th century B.C.

Culture: Lydian

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: Overall: 5 9/16 x 9 9/16in. (14.1 x 24.3cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926

Accession Number: 26.164.32

Description:

The Athenian hero Theseus battles the Minotaur, the bull-headed Cretan monster.


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