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Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
Unknownabout 510–500 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Four joining fragments showing the upper part of Athena striding left with a spear raised in her left hand and a shield in her right. Black gloss is used for her skin and dilute glaze for all else. The shield has a snake device in black glaze and she wears a crested helmet and aegis with incised decoration. She is flanked by two cocks atop Doric columns. Incrustation occurs on the interior and there are several chips in the exterior glaze.
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Details
- Title: Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 510–500 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 13.8 × 22.3 cm (5 7/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Type: Amphora
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 78.AE.316
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Lenore Barozzi
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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