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303119, ATHENIAN, London, British Museum, London, British Museum, 1903,0217.1

  • Vase Number: 303119
  • Fabric: ATHENIAN
  • Technique: BLACK-FIGURE
  • Shape Name: AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE
  • Provenance: LIBYA, BENGHAZI
  • Date: -425 TO -375
  • Decoration: A: ATHENA BETWEEN COLUMNS SURMOUNTED BY COCKS
    B: QUINTAIN, HORSEMEN, TARGET
  • Last Recorded Collection: London, British Museum: 1903.2-17.1
  • Previous Collections:
    • London, British Museum: 1903,0217.1
  • Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956): 411.1
    Bentz, M., Panathenäische Preisamphoren, Eine athenische Vasengattung und ihre Funktion vom 6.-4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. 18. Beih. zur Antiken Kunst (Basel, 1998): PLS.92-93.5229 (A, B)
    Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 107
    Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: LONDON, BRITISH MUSEUM 1, IIIHf.3, PL.(31) 1.1A-B View Whole CVA Plates
    Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts: 107 (1992) PLS.13.2.3, 14.1, 15.3A-B, 16.1A. A1 (PARTS)
    Kaltsas N. (ed.), Agon, Exhibition catalogue (Athens, 2004): 232, NO.122 (COLOUR OF B)
    Maul-Mandelartz, E., Griechische Reiterdarstellungen in agonistischem Zusammenhang (Frankfurt, 1990): PL.43, NO.S1 (B)
    Oakley, J.H., A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases (Madison, 2020): PL.25 (COLOUR OF B)
    Schertz, P. and Stribling, N. (eds.), The Horse in Ancient Greek Art, National Sporting Library & Museum Middleburg, Virginia (Middleburg and Richmond, 2017): 75, FIG.55 (COLOUR OF B)
    Tzachou-Alexandri, O., Mind and Body, Athletic Contests in Ancient Greece (Athens, 1988): 205, NO.96 (B)
    Vanhove, D. (ed.), El deporte en la Grecia antigua, la genesis del olimpismo, May 10 - August 9, 1992 (Barcelona, 1992): 95, FIG.16 (B)
    Vanhove, D. (ed.), Le Sport dans la Grece Antique, Du Jeu a la Competition, 23 Janvier- 19 Avril 1992 (Gent, 1992): 95, FIG.16 (B)
  • AVI Web: HTTPS://WWW.AVI.UNIBAS.CH/DB/SEARCHFORM.HTML?ID=4891
  • AVI Record Number: 4716
  • British Museum Link: HTTPS://WWW.BRITISHMUSEUM.ORG/COLLECTION/OBJECT/G_1903-0217-1
  • CAVI Collection: LONDON 1903.2-17.1.
  • CAVI Lemma: BF PANATHENAIC PRIZE AMPHORA. FROM BENGHAZI. KUBAN GROUP. LATE FIFTH{1}.
  • CAVI Subject: A: ATHENA; SHIELD DEVICE: TYRANNICIDES. B: JAVELIN-THROWING ON HORSEBACK.
  • CAVI Inscriptions: A: TO RIGHT OF THE LEFT COLUMN, FACING IT: των Αθηνηθεν αθλων VACAT.
  • CAVI Footnotes: {1} OR EARLY FOURTH: ESCHBACH DATES THE KUBAN GROUP LATER THAN SüSSEROT. IN AJA 47, BEAZLEY SAYS, THE VASE IS SMALLER AND EARLIER THAN LONDON B 605, WHICH ALSO HAS THE TYRANNICIDES AS THE SHIELD DEVICE; IT IS ALSO BY A DIFFERENT HAND; THE ALPHABET OF B 605 IS IONIC (AS WELL AS CALLIGRAPHIC), SEE ATTSCR (1990), 184/1214.
  • CAVI Comments: UNDERSIZED BUT WITH PRIZE INSCRIPTION. IONIC ALPHABET.
  • CAVI Number: 4716
  • AVI Bibliography: A.H. SMITH, CVA LONDON 1, GREAT BRITAIN 1 (1925), III H F, PL. 1,1A-B. — BEAZLEY (1943A), 453/1. — ABV (1956), 411/1. — ADD.[2] (1989), 107. — ESCHBACH (1992), 54/1. — KYLE (1992), 93-94, FIG. 60 (B), 198 N. 96. — NEILS (1992), 35.
  • 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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