Black-Figure Panathenaic Amphora (Storage Jar) Fragment with Inscription
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Black-Figure Panathenaic Amphora (Storage Jar) Fragment with Inscription
530 BCE - 300 BCE
Clay
3 x 2 7/8 x 3/16 in. (7.6 x 7.3 x 0.5 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
P.904
Acquisition Date:
Geography:
Europe, Greece
Classification:
Unclassifiable Artifacts; Artifact Remnants; Sherds
Culture/Nationality:
Attic
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- Attic - Style and culture of the region of Attica. For culture particular to the capital of Attica, Athens, use "Athenian."
- Black-figure - Refers to a style of Greek vase painting that developed from the Geometric and Orientalizing styles. It appeared in Corinth around 720 BCE, flourished in Attica by 600 BCE, and was found in Sparta, eastern Greece, and elsewhere, until the Red-figure style gradually replaced it in the late sixth century BCE. The style is characterized by a particular technique, which is characterized by the use of a refined slip, a two-stage firing process, and sintering to create black figures in silhouette on a red ground. Details were incised into the black figures or applied in purple or white pigment.
- inscriptions - Words, texts, lettering, or symbols marked on a work, including texts, legends, documentation notes, or commemoration. For standardized symbols or notations on objects that convey official information, use "marks (symbols)."
- Panathenaic amphorae - Refers to amphorae that were filled with olive oil from the sacred trees of Athena, given as prizes in the Panathenaic Games. They were neck amphorae with a large, broad body sharply tapering downward and a relatively thin neck. The standard decoration included images of Athena on one side and the contest at which the prize was won on the other, usually in the Black-figure technique.
- repairing - Restoring to a whole by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken, or otherwise restoring to sound condition.
- sherds - Limited to fragments of pottery or glass.
- vase paintings - Refers to two-dimensional decoration applied to pottery by using paint made of metallic oxides or other pigments held in suspension in slip or another medium. The term is particularly used to refer to Ancient Greek red- and black-figure works. See also "porcelain paintings (visual works)."
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Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
- Rudolf Wachter, "Attic Vase Inscriptions." (Accessed April 1, 2020): https://avi.unibas.ch/. 2965.
- Mary Hamilton Swindler, "The Bryn Mawr Collection of Greek Vases," American Journal of Archaeology 20, no. 3 (1916): 321.
- The Classical Art Research Centre, "The Beazley Archive Online." Classical Art Research Centre. (Accessed April 1, 2020): University of Oxford, http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/index.htm. 9017615.
Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
- Olaf Borgers and H.A.G. Brijder. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Netherlands, Fascicule 11 (, 2007), 21-22. Figure Number: 3, 21. Plates (557-558) 248.1-4, 249.1-2
- Herbert Hoffmann and Dietrich von Bothmer. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, United States, Fascicule 14 (Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1973), 40. Figure Number: 47. Plate (677) 55.1-3
- Marcelle Flot, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, France, Fascicule 3 (Paris, France: E. Champion, 1924), 4. Figure Number: Plate (102) 4.6-7
- A. H. Smith, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain, Fascicule 1 (London, England: Printed by the Order of the Trustees of the British Museum by Oxford University Press, 1925), IIIHe.4. Figure Number: Plate (29) 5.2A-B
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