Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 520 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm), Vases, Obverse, Athena, Reverse, chariot race. From the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. on, victors in the contests for the Panathenaic festival in Athens were awarded a standardized vase containing one metretes (about forty-two quarts) of olive oil from sacred olive groves in Attica
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Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, jar, Archaic, ca, 520 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, H, 24 1/2, 62.2 cm, Vases, Obverse, Athena, Reverse, chariot race, second quarter, sixth century, victors, contests, Panathenaic festival, Athens, awarded, standardized vase, containing, metretes, forty-two quarts, olive oil, sacred olive, groves, Attica
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