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File:Athena ciste.jpg

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Title French: Athéna à la ciste
Description
English: Helmeted Athena holding the snake Erichthonios in a cista (basket), detail. Roman copy of the Imperial period after a Greek original, perhaps the statue of Athena Hephaestia by Alcamenes.
Français : Athéna casquée tenant une ciste (corbeille) avec le serpent Érichthonios. Copie romaine de l'époque impériale d'après un original grec, peut-être la statue d'Athéna Héphaïstia par Alcamène.
Date Roman Empire: 1st century  AD-2nd century  AD
Medium marble
Dimensions Height: 140 cm (55.1 in).

This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number Ma : 847 Info non-talk.svg ( MNB 2031 Info non-talk.svg)
Credit line 1880: purchased

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Date January 2005
Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen
Source Own work
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