Title: Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
Object type: Panathenaic prize amphora
Date: ca. 560–550 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Period: Archaic
Artist: Signed by Nikias as potter
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 24 5/16 in. (61.8 cm)
diameter  2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit line: The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1978
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shields, term: Men, term: Running, term: Athena, term: Athletes