Last Recorded Collection: New York (N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum: 1978.11.13
Publication Record: Annual Report of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 1977-78, 45 (A, B) Bentz, M., Panathenäische Preisamphoren, Eine athenische Vasengattung und ihre Funktion vom 6.-4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. 18. Beih. zur Antiken Kunst (Basel, 1998): PL.5 (A, B) Bothmer, D. von, The Amasis Painter and his World (Malibu, 1985): 44, FIG.37 (PART OF B) Garland, R., Introducing New Gods (London, 1991): PL.4(A) Greece and Rome: 38-39, NO.23 (A, B) Metropolitan Museum Journal: 34 (1999) 40-43, FIGS.5-8 (A, B) Metropolitan Museum Journal: 42 (2007) 37, FIG.26 (A) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Notable Acquisitions: 1975-79, 14 (COLOUR OF A AND B) Neils, J. et al., Goddess and Polis, The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens (Princeton, 1992): 42, FIG.27 (A, B) Oakley, J.H., A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases (Madison, 2020): 133, FIG.7.1 (B)
CAVI Lemma: BF Panathenaic prize amphora. Unattributed. Nikias, potter. Second quarter
sixth. Ca. 560 (Neils).
CAVI Subject: A: Athena. B: runners.
CAVI Inscriptions: A: along the left margin, facing it: τον Αθενεθεν̣ α̣θλον{1}. Close to the
right-hand margin, facing in: Nικιας εποιεσεν. B: horizontally below the top
margin and planned for the right half of the picture, ending at the upper
right-hand corner: ανδρον σταδιον.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} a smudge over the 11th and 12th letters.
CAVI Comments: Archaic lettering. The inscriptions avoid retrograde. Nikias is otherwise
unknown. Cartwheel theta.
