Panathenaic Amphora

Side A: Athena Promachos to the right, flanked by columns topped by statues (on left, Athena with a naval flag pole; on the right, Zeus with a sceptre and Nike). The goddess strides with her shield held out so that the interior is visible, and brandishes her spear. Inscription on A: "of the prizes at Athens" and "[during the] archonship of Theophrastos".

Side B: A driver and an apobates ride in a four-horse chariot moving to the left. The driver wears a long white cloak, which flutters behind him as the chariot team speads along. The apobates is nude but for his helmet (white crest) and shield (white star blazon).

Gilding is present on side A over the reserve at Athena's shield band, and over the black gloss and incision at the right sleeve of her garment, as well as on the garment of the small Athena on the column. On B, traces of gold on the charioteer's forelock, chest and bottom of his garment. See further discussion in Cohen, Beth, ed. The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006).

Around the neck on either side, lotus and palmette band. On the shoulders, tongue pattern.