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303151, ATHENIAN, London, British Museum, London, British Museum, London, British Museum, 1856,1001.1

  • Vase Number: 303151
  • Fabric: ATHENIAN
  • Technique: BLACK-FIGURE
  • Shape Name: AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE
  • Provenance: LIBYA, BENGHAZI
  • Date: -400 TO -300
  • Inscriptions: Inscription: ARCHON NIKOKRATES
    NIKOKRATES
  • Attributed To: NIKOMACHOS SERIES by BEAZLEY
  • Decoration: A: ATHENA TO RIGHT BETWEEN COLUMNS SURMOUNTED BY ATHENA WITH APHLASTON (TWICE), INSCRIPTION
    B: ATHLETES, YOUTHS RUNNING
  • Last Recorded Collection: London, British Museum: B609
  • Previous Collections:
  • Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956): 415.5 , 416
    Bentz, M., Panathenäische Preisamphoren, Eine athenische Vasengattung und ihre Funktion vom 6.-4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. 18. Beih. zur Antiken Kunst (Basel, 1998): PL.125 (A, B)
    Bulletin van de Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving: 88 (2013), 132, FIG.6F (A)
    Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 108
    Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: LONDON, BRITISH MUSEUM 1, IIIHf.4, PL.(34) 4.2A-B View Whole CVA Plates
    Hesperia, The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: 26 (1957) PL.76.3 (PART OF A)
    Minerva, International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology: 15.4 (JULY/AUGUST 2004) 24, FIG.2 (COLOUR OF B)
    Oakley, J.H. and Palagia, O. (eds.), Athenian Potters and Painters, Volume II (Oxford, 2010): 113, FIG.10 (B)
    Stuttard, D., Power Games, Ritual and Rivalry at the Ancient Greek Olympics (London, 2012): 123, FIG.45 (COLOUR OF B)
  • AVI Web: HTTPS://WWW.AVI.UNIBAS.CH/DB/SEARCHFORM.HTML?ID=4545
  • AVI Record Number: 4373
  • British Museum Link: HTTPS://WWW.BRITISHMUSEUM.ORG/COLLECTION/OBJECT/G_1856-1001-1
  • CAVI Collection: LONDON B 609.
  • CAVI Lemma: BF PANATHENAIC PRIZE AMPHORA. BOUGHT IN BENGHAZI. NIKOMACHOS SERIES. 333/2: NIKOKRATES ARCHON.
  • CAVI Subject: A: ATHENA TO RIGHT; COLUMN FIGURES: LEFT AND RIGHT: ATHENA. B: FOOT RACE: THREE NUDE MEN TO RIGHT.
  • CAVI Inscriptions: A: TO RIGHT OF THE LEFT COLUMN, KION.: Αρχων Nικοκρατης. TO LEFT OF THE RIGHT COLUMN, KION.: των Αθηνηθεν αθλων.
  • CAVI Footnotes: {1} PL. 33,1 PROBABLY SHOWS A TRACE OF THE LEFT (ARCHON) INSCRIPTION, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE LEFT COLUMN, AS EXPECTED.
  • CAVI Comments: = 1856.10-1.1. MADE FOR THE PANATHENAEA OF 330. CF. SèVRES 7230.
  • CAVI Number: 4373
  • AVI Bibliography: H.B. WALTERS IN BM CAT. B (1893), 609. — [[D.M. ROBINSON (1910), 425/14]]. — PFUHL (1923), FIG. 308 (AFTER MON.). — A.H. SMITH, CVA LONDON 1, GREAT BRITAIN 1 (1925), III H F, PL. 4,2A-B. — BEAZLEY (1943A), 458/5. — ABV (1956), 415/5. — ESCHBACH (1986), 132/CAT. 68, PL. 33,1-2 (DETAILS OF A){1}. — ADD.[2] (1989), 108. — ROBERTSON (1992), 276.
  • CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
  • Pleiades URI: HTTPS://PLEIADES.STOA.ORG/PLACES/373757
  • Coordinates: 32.1166667938232,20.0666666030884
  • Pleiades Coordinates: 32.1139055,20.0699815
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Last updated 15/12/2025 06:46:00. Approved by Mannack, Thomas. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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