Panathenaic Prize Amphora

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The Panathenaic Prize Amphora (accession no. 50.193) on display in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts is dated to around 375-70 B.C. and stands 33 inches high. It is attributed to the Asteios group and is an example of the ceramic black-figure ware that was a principal industry of Athens.

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"The Panathenaic Prize Amphora (accession no. 50.193) on display in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts is dated to around 375-70 B.C. and stands 33 inches high. It is attributed to the Asteios group and is an example of the ceramic black-figure ware that was a principal industry of Athens. The amphora represents the goddess Athena on one side and four male runners on the other. The presence of the runners "indicat[es] that the prize was for the winner of a foot race" and the amphora features an inscription that specifically identifies it as a prize "From the games in Athens" ("Panathenaic").


The condition of the amphora appears to be very good. There are cracks on the side featuring the runners and abrasions on all the figures. The left thigh, and the groin and buttocks of one of the runner is orange-red rather than black. It appears that..."

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