File:Terracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar) MET DP161828 white balanced white bg.png
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DescriptionTerracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar) MET DP161828 white balanced white bg.png |
English: Attic Greek Black-figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Princeton Painter, ca. 550–540 BCE depicting an elderly king or man seated between two men and two women.
The original image was uploaded by user:Pharos from the Metropolitan Museum of Art public domain image collection online. It is published with the following description: Obverse, Athena at altar, flautist, and woman; Reverse, seated man between 2 men and 2 women. This vase is of considerable importance, for although it is not an official prize amphora, the decoration on the obverse refers to numerous aspects of the Panathenaic festival. The image of Athena in the center is that of Athena Polias, the goddess of the Akropolis who invariably occupies the obverse of the Panathenaic prize vases. In front of her is a burning altar, and behind it a flute-player. The Panathenaic games included not only athletic but also musical competitions, to which this figure most probably refers. The woman on the right carries on her head a stiff horizontal object that seems to represent the peplos, the garment for Athena's image that was renewed every four years. It is about to be unfolded and draped on the statue. The subject on the reverse is difficult to elucidate. The seated man is characterized as a god or king by his scepter. If he bears some relation to the depiction on the reverse, he may be Zeus awaiting the birth—from his head—of Athena. This version of the image has been slightly cropped, resized for greater dpi, white balanced, and the background has been changed to solid white. |
Date | circa 550–540 BCE |
Source | File:Terracotta_neck-amphora_of_Panathenaic_shape_(jar)_MET_DP161828.jpg |
Author | Princeton Painter |
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