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Panathenaic prize vase (amphora)
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530–520 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens; Findspot: Italy, Etruria, Vulci
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Overall: 62 x 42 x 41 cm (24 7/16 x 16 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.520
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 55.
DescriptionSide B: A race with five runners. The sharply bent position of their arms indicates the race is long distance - presumably the "dolichos."
Damaged. Somewhat restored.
Side A: Panathenaic Athena standing to left, brandishing spear, holding shield decorated with white forepart of a panther. Two columns with Doric capitals on which perch cocks. Inscribed "of the prizes from Athens" (TON ATHENETHEN ATHLON)
Damaged. Somewhat restored.
Side A: Panathenaic Athena standing to left, brandishing spear, holding shield decorated with white forepart of a panther. Two columns with Doric capitals on which perch cocks. Inscribed "of the prizes from Athens" (TON ATHENETHEN ATHLON)
Inscriptions"of the prizes from Athens" (TON ATHENETHEN ATHLON) (on side A)
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. LXXIX [also from this tomb: MFA 01.8057); by 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought from Prince Torlonia); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)