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Head of Athena Wearing Helmet with Griffin Protome
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Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Aimée and Rosamond Lamb Milton MA (by 1955) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum 1955.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb
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