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English: Winged goddess with a Gorgon's head wearing a split skirt and holding a bird in each hand, type of the Potnia Theron. Probably made on Rhodes. From Kameiros, Rhodes.
Français : Déesse ailée à tête de gorgone, portant une jupe et tenant un oiseau dans chaque main, type de la Maîtresse des Animaux (Potnia Theron). Probablement réalisé à Rhodes. Provenance : Camiros, Rhodes.
Date circa 600 BC
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions Diam. 13 in.
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, room 13, Geometric and Archaic Greece
Accession number
GR 1860.4.4.2 (Cat. Vases G13/6)
Credit line Excavated by Auguste Salzmann and Sir Alfred Biliotti; purchase, 1860
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen, 2007. Own work
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Winged goddess with a Gorgon's head wearing a split skirt and holding a bird in each hand, type of the Potnia Theron. Probably made on Rhodes, c. 600 BC. From Kameiros, Rhodes

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