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Panathenaic prize vase (amphora)

about 530–520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
FindspotVulci, Etruria, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsOverall: 62 x 42 x 41 cm (24 7/16 x 16 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.520
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ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"of the prizes from Athens" (TON ATHENETHEN ATHLON) (on side A)
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. LXXIX [also from this tomb: MFA 01.8057); by 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought from Prince Torlonia); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)