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Photographer: J. Paul Getty Trust
Artist: Marsyas Painter
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H: 78.5 cm ; Dia: 39.2 cm
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Inscription reads "from the games at Athens" and indicates that it was from the year of Theophrastos as ruler, c. 340-339 BCE.
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Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
Abstract
Black-figure amphora with Athena. Inscriptions in Greek are on either side of Athena reads TON ATHENETHEN ATHLON and THEIOPHRASTOS ARCHE. The other side depicts the apobates race with the charioteer and nude athlete.
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Gallery 211
Origin Place Name
Athens
Origin Country
Greece
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