Sacred Athena

Athena Polias altar and peplos

Terracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar), ca. 550–540 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.11.1.

Terracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar), ca. 550–540 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.11.1.

Caption note Not an official prize amphora. The peplos identification is the museum’s interpretation, and the woman is not securely identified as a named priestess or office-holder. The flute-player wraps partly around the left edge. Use the Athena-side image; DP155169 shows the reverse.

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