Asset number
1613209026
Description
Pottery: Panathenaic amphora with lid. Designs in panels with accessories of buff and white; the latter faded. On the-neck, double honeysuckle.
(a) Athene standing to right between two Doric columns, with left foot advanced, spear in right hand, and shield on left arm; she has a high-crested helmet with peak and cheek-pieces turned up, the crest supported on a double volute; aegis with Gorgoneion (much faded), long chiton with diploidion, tied at the waist, and small himation hanging from her arms; the inside of her shield is visible, with porpax (handle) and ochanon (strap), the latter ornamented with two palmettes; she has long hair, and earrings, necklace, and armlets, picked out with buff. On the column behind her is a figure of Athene to right, with high-crested helmet, long chiton and himation, holding out an object in right hand; down the side of the column is an inscription. On the other column is a similar figure to left; down the side is an inscription.
(b) Foot-rac… (See Merlin record for full description)
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