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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
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Titre: Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 24 5/16 in. (61.8 cm) diameter 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm). Date: ca. 560-550 B.C.. Obverse, Athena, with this inscription: one of the prizes from Athens. Nikias made me Reverse, footrace, with this inscription: stadion race of men From the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. on, victors in the contests of the Panathenaic festival in Athens were awarded a standardized amphora containing one metretes (about forty-two quarts) of olive oil from sacred groves in Attica. The official decoration on the front was a picture of a statue of Athena, fully armed. The scene on the back showed the event for which the prize was awarded. This is the earliest Panathenaic amphora in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is also one of the earliest of those dated between 566 and 550 B.C., a period of some experimentation. The canonic ornaments for the neck and shoulder and even the placement of the official prize inscription did not become established until the last quarter of the sixth century; in the early group, no two amphorae are alike in these details. The stadion, identified here as the competition for which the prize was won, was a race of nearly two hundred yards.
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 24 5/16 in. (61.8 cm) diameter 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm). Date: ca. 560-550 B.C.. Obverse, Athena, with this inscription: one of the prizes from Athens. Nikias made me Reverse, footrace, with this inscription: stadion race of men From the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. on, victors in the contests of the Panathenaic festival in Athens were awarded a standardized amphora containing one metretes (about forty-two quarts) of olive oil from sacred groves in Attica. The official decoration on the front was a picture of a statue of Athena, fully armed. The scene on the back showed the event for which the prize was awarded. This is the earliest Panathenaic amphora in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is also one of the earliest of those dated between 566 and 550 B.C., a period of some experimentation. The canonic ornaments for the neck and shoulder and even the placement of the official prize inscription did not become established until the last quarter of the sixth century; in the early group, no two amphorae are alike in these details. The stadion, identified here as the competition for which the prize was won, was a race of nearly two hundred yards.
Technique/matériel: Terracotta; black-figure
Période: ARCHAIC
Musée: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit: Album
Autorisations: ? Autorisation de modèle: Non - ? Autorisation de propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image: 3276 × 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Taille d'impression: 27.7 × 34.7 cm | 1289.8 × 1611.8 in (300 dpi)
Mots clés: ARGILE • EUROPE (CONTINENT) • GRECE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA
