Attic Panathenaic Amphora
Date375/370 BC
Discovery SiteCyrene, Benghazi, Libya, North Africa, Africa
Object PlaceAthens, Attica, Greece, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumBlack-figure ware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsVessel: 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 LineFounders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
Object number50.193.A
DescriptionAttic 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.On View
On viewLocations
- Treatment Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation, Fine Art
1st Century AD
1953/1955
5th Century BC
c. 1860
1873
1889
64/68 AD
c. 1880
4th/6th Century AD
1634
1st Century BC/1st Century AD