Attic Panathenaic Amphora
Date:
375/370 BC
Medium:
Black-figure ware
Dimensions:
Vessel: 28 inches × 15 1/4 inches (71.1 × 38.7 cm)
Total with lid: 33 3/4 × 15 1/4 inches (85.7 × 38.7 cm)
Total with lid: 33 3/4 × 15 1/4 inches (85.7 × 38.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
Object number:
50.193.A
Attic black-figure amphora has an ovoid body on a small foot. It has an ogee mouth on a narrow neck with two vertical handles. On both sides of the neck is a double chain of palmettes and lotus buds. A band of vertical strokes is below. On the obverse side is Athena Promachos wearing a peplos, aegis and helmet and carrying a spear and shield while advancing to the left. Small male figures are on top of columns to the left and right. There is a vertical inscription to the right of left column. On the reverse side four nude males run to the right.
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