Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora ca. 366/365 Attributed to a painter of the Kittos Group Obverse, AthenaReverse, footraceOfficial prize amphorae in the Panathenaic games are always identified by an inscription. Beginning in the early fourth century , an additional inscription gives the name of the archon, the civil magistrate during whose tenure the oil for the succeeding festival was harvested. Because other sources provide the dates of their tenures, the vases can be dated exactly. The archon named here is Polyzelos, who held office in 367/366 This vase is also important fo
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora ca. 366/365 Attributed to a painter of the Kittos Group Obverse, AthenaReverse, footraceOfficial prize amphorae in the Panathenaic games are always identified by an inscription. Beginning in the early fourth century , an additional inscription gives the name of the archon, the civil magistrate during whose tenure the oil for the succeeding festival was harvested. Because other sources provide the dates of their tenures, the vases can be dated exactly. The archon named here is Polyzelos, who held office in 367/366 This vase is also important for having its Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora 254864 : Attributed to a painter of the Kittos Group, Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 366/365 , Terracotta, H. with lid 34 in. ( cm); H. without lid 27 3/4 in. ( cm); diameter of mouth 9 in. ( cm); diameter of foot 5 1/2 in. (14 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1956 (, b)
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