Achilles_Ajax_dice_Louvre_MNB911.jpg

Summary

Object

Diosphos Painter : Achilles and Ajax the Great playing dice wikidata:Q47451088 reasonator:Q47451088
Artist
Workshop of Diosphos Painter ( fl. circa from 500 until 475 BC
date QS:P,–0500–00–00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,–0500–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,–0475–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
) wikidata:Q1227082
Description Greek Attic vase-painter, black-figure vase painter and white-groud vase-painter
Date of birth/death 6 th century BC
date QS:P,-550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Edit this at Wikidata 		5 th century BC
date QS:P,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Work period from 500 until 475 BC
Work location
Kerameikos Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1774,Q1227082
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Title
Achilles and Ajax the Great playing dice
label QS:Len,"Achilles and Ajax the Great playing dice"
label QS:Lfr,"Ajax et Achille jouant aux dés"
Object type lekythos Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Achilles (on the left) and Ajax the Great (on the right) playing dice, identified by inscriptions. Black-figure Attic lekythos.
Français : Achille (à gauche) et Ajax le Grand (à droite) jouant aux dés, identifiés par des inscriptions. Lécythe attique à figures rouges.
Date circa 500 BC
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions height: 14 cm (5.5 in); diameter: 6.2 cm (2.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,14U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,6.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in the Louvre, Sully, first floor, room 39, case 6
Accession number
L 34 and MNB 911 ( Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre ) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Classical Athens Edit this at Wikidata
Place of discovery Tanagra Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Credit line 1876: purchased
References Louvre Museum ARK ID : 010274867 Edit this at Wikidata
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Photograph

Date
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Author Marie-Lan Nguyen
Permission
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