Attic Black-Figure Olpe (Side A)

Athena striding to right between two Doric columns, which are surmounted by cocks. The goddess wears a high-crested Attic helmet, holds her spear in her raised right hand, and carries her shield on her left arm. The shield has a painted tripod blazon, and a projecting snake. Athena wears a long chiton and himation over her shoulders. An owl is perched to left on a volute. At the top of the panel, a band of dot-ivy. At the lower limit of the panel, a red line that encircles the vase.

The olpe has an echinoid mouth, with a red line on the topside, and red on the ends of the lateral extensions of the handle. The inside of the neck is glazed to a depth of 3.56 cm. The low flattish handle is glazed inside. The echinoid foot is reserved on the edge and underneath.

Adapted from Clark, A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990).