panathenaic amphora; prize/trophy

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panathenaic amphora; prize/trophy

Object Type: panathenaic amphora; prize/trophy
Museum number: 1856,1001.1
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-race: Three nude beardless athletes running to right, with arms bent close to their sides.
Cultures/periods: Classical Greek (late)
Production date: 333BC-332BC (archonship of Nikokrates)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Banghazi
Materials: pottery
Ware: Black Figure
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 17 centimetres (lid); Height: 67 centimetres (vase); Weight: 442 grammes (lid); Width: 20.30 centimetres (lid); Width: 32 centimetres (vase); Depth: 20.30 centimetres (lid); Depth: 32 centimetres (vase)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: BM Cat. Vases Mon. dell’ Inst. x. 47c and 48e, 4; Ann. dell’ Inst. 1877, p. 317; Birch, Ancient Pottery, p. 430; Stephani, Compte-Rendu, 1876, p. 37.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B609); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (C.118); CVA British Museum 1 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 1, British Museum 1 (III H f Pl. 4, 2)
Location: On display (G69/dc24)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1980 5 Jun- 26 Oct, London, BM, The Ancient Olympic Games 1995, Lausanne, Olympic Museum, Olympism in Antiquity 2007 31 Mar-30 Jun, Gosport, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2007-2008 3 Nov-24 Feb, Leicester, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2008 29 Mar-1 Jun, Luton, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2008 20 Jun-5 Oct, Lincoln, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2008-2009 25 Oct-24 Jan, South Shields, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2009 7 Feb-4 May, Glasgow, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2017 13 Jul-15 Oct, Madrid, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2017-2018 23 Nov-18 Feb, Barcelona, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2018 20 Mar-24 Jun, Sevilla, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2018 24 Jul-4 Nov, Zaragoza, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2018-2019 18 Dec-31 Mar, Palma, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2021 129Jun-7 Nov, Australia, Perth, Western Australian Museum, Ancient Greeks 2021-2022 16 Dec-1 May, Australia, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, Ancient Greeks 2022 10 Jun-06 Nov, New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Ancient Greeks 2022-2024 24 Dec-25 Feb, China, Suzhou, Suzhou Museum, Ancient Greeks
Subjects: athletics/running; classical deity; mythical figure/creature; classical sport
Associated names: Representation of: Athena/Minerva
Acquisition name: Purchased from: F H S Werry
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1856,1001.1

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