179: Panathenaic Amphora

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/37
Level Item
Scope and Content Card base with two watercolour illustrations attached. The number 179 is painted in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner is a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Panathenaic Amphora, found on the site of the Temple of Athena Chalkioikos: these vases, of Attic fabric, were made and widely distributed in connexion with the Panathenaic Festivals at Athens; they usually have an archaic figure of Athena on one side and an athletic contest on the other."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Pottery"
Related records [1936/1/5/37/1], Sub-item, 179: Panathenaic Amphora
[1936/1/5/37/2], Sub-item, 179: Panathenaic Amphora