Terracotta fragments of a Panathenaic prize amphora

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first quarter of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Two fragments from the same side of a Panathenaic amphora: one fragment has Athena moving to left, with her arm bent, holding a spear behind her head, wearing her aegis; to the right, a rooster surmounted on the capital of a Doric column; the second fragment has the feet of a rooster to right, surmounted on the capital of a Doric column, and part of the shield of Athena, with a Pegasus as a shield device

Artist

Unknown

Date

first quarter of the 5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011