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Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Unknownabout 400 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Fragment with the helmeted head of a female, possibly Athena, looking to the left. She wears an Attic helmet and her hair is tied back. Much of the added white used for her flesh is still preserved. A tongue and dart band runs just above the helmeted figure. At the very top of the fragment, a black shape with white lines, possibly the crest of the helmet, interrupts the tongue and dart pattern. This fragment likely comes from side A of a Panathenaic amphora.

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  • Title: Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: about 400 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
  • Type: Amphora
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 75.AE.28
  • Culture: Greek (Attic)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
The J. Paul Getty Museum

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