APC Image: AK 1008Panathenaic amphora sherds. Top row, left to right: Fragment of the obverse. The head and neck of the cock at the left of Athena. At the top, part of the tongue border; at the left, the edge of the panel. Fourth century B.C. Three fragments of the obverse. The first one shows the cock and the column of the left side; the second one - the lower part of the drapery of Athena; the third one - the cock on the right and part of the edge of the panel. Middle row Llft to right: Fragment from near the top of a stand. The upper part of a draped youth looking left. Traces of a woman with her back to him at the left. This vase is related to late black-figured stands from the Acropolis (I 1186, I 1185). Ca. 470-460 B.C. Time of the Achilles painter. Fragment from the side of a lebes. The right arm and part of the girt peplos of a woman. Late. Similar fragment. The right hand and part of the billowing chiton of a woman hurrying to the right. At the left, the lower drapery of another woman going in the opposite direction. Very like the preceeding fragment. Middle row, right top: Fragment from the neck(?). The lower part of the drapery and foot of a woman to the left; a plant at the left edge. 470-460 B.C.(?). Middle row, right bottom: Fragment of a narrow stand. The lower middle part of the drapery is preserved, with the folds of the himation drawn tightly around the body. Late sixth century B.C. Bottom row left: Part of the neck of loutrophoros. At the left is the the lower middle part of a cloaked figure facing left. At the right, the middle of a second draped figure facing the other way. Late sixth century B.C. Bottom row right: Fragment of a stand. The upper part of two female figures holding hands; the one on the right faces right, but looks back; the second figure faces entirely to the right. The top border consists of a chain of lotus buds.
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Object Description:   Panathenaic amphora sherds. Top row, left to right: Fragment of the obverse. The head and neck of the cock at the left of Athena. At the top, part of the tongue border; at the left, the edge of the panel. Fourth century B.C. Three fragments of the obverse. The first one shows the cock and the column of the left side; the second one - the lower part of the drapery of Athena; the third one - the cock on the right and part of the edge of the panel. Middle row Llft to right: Fragment from near the top of a stand. The upper part of a draped youth looking left. Traces of a woman with her back to him at the left. This vase is related to late black-figured stands from the Acropolis (I 1186, I 1185). Ca. 470-460 B.C. Time of the Achilles painter. Fragment from the side of a lebes. The right arm and part of the girt peplos of a woman. Late. Similar fragment. The right hand and part of the billowing chiton of a woman hurrying to the right. At the left, the lower drapery of another woman going in the opposite direction. Very like the preceeding fragment. Middle row, right top: Fragment from the neck(?). The lower part of the drapery and foot of a woman to the left; a plant at the left edge. 470-460 B.C.(?). Middle row, right bottom: Fragment of a narrow stand. The lower middle part of the drapery is preserved, with the folds of the himation drawn tightly around the body. Late sixth century B.C. Bottom row left: Part of the neck of loutrophoros. At the left is the the lower middle part of a cloaked figure facing left. At the right, the middle of a second draped figure facing the other way. Late sixth century B.C. Bottom row right: Fragment of a stand. The upper part of two female figures holding hands; the one on the right faces right, but looks back; the second figure faces entirely to the right. The top border consists of a chain of lotus buds.
Negative Number:   AK 1008
Category:   Pottery
Subcategory:   Amphora
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1934
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   18 X 13
Bibliography:   Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 254, fig. 20.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   2135
Image Height:   1559