Lead figure of a goddess with shield, spear, and aegis, probably Athen
A small, corroded grey lead object with a curling spiral at its upper center and spiky projections around it, set against a plain pale background. Its lower section shows a hatched, textured surface, and the figure the record describes is not clearly legible.
Look closer: A small pierced hole sits inside the spiral near the center.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 6th–5th century BCE
- Medium
- Lead
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3000 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -400).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924