  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  The amphora is a fine example of the vessels presented to the winner of an event in the athletic games held every four years in Athens. On one side Athena, the patron goddess, is shown as protector, wearing an archaic form of helmet and carrying a shield and spear. On the other side four male figures are shown running, indicating that the prize was for the winner of a foot race. An inscription running vertically down the vessel records the amphora as a prize "From the games in Athens."
  
  
  Title
  Panathenaic Amphora
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 375 and 370 BCE
  
  Artist
  Attributed to Asteios Group
  
  
  
  Life Dates
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  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Greek
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Clay
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall (vessel): 28 &Atilde;&#151; 15 1/4 inches (71.1 &Atilde;&#151; 38.7 cm)
  Overall (lid): 5 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 8 5/8 inches (14.6 &Atilde;&#151; 21.9 cm)
  Overall (with lid): 33 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 15 1/4 in. (85.7 &Atilde;&#151; 38.7 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Ceramics
  
  
  Department
  Greco-Roman and Ancient European
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  50.193
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
