Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar), ca. 520

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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 520 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 24 1/2 in. ( cm), Vases, Obverse, Athena, Reverse, chariot race. From the second quarter of the sixth century 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

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