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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)

Compared with work by the Painter of Boulogne 441
ca. 520 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Obverse, Athena
Reverse, chariot race

From the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. on, victors in the contests for the Panathenaic festival in Athens were awarded a standardized vase containing one metretes (about forty-two quarts) of olive oil from sacred olive groves in Attica. The official decoration on the front was a picture of a statue of Athena, fully armed, standing between two columns. The event for which the vase was awarded was illustrated on the back. This vase was the prize of a victor in the prestigious chariot race.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
  • Artist: Compared with work by the Painter of Boulogne 441
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 520 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.171.4
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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