Lenormant Athena

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This statuette of Athena, carved from Pentelic marble, was found in Athens near the Pnyx. Known at the "Lenormant Athena", this statuette copies the Athena Parthenos by Pheidias. Although unfinished, the work is important because it preserves the relief representation of an Amazonomachy on the exterior of the shield and the relief image of the Bird of Pandora on the base - themes at adorned the original statue of Athena. The copy probably dates to the 1st century AD.