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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 310

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epoch that has at-tained perfection, andblack - figured vase-painting has producednothing more finishedthan this amphora. (5) Panathenaicamphora. — Thesevases, which weregiven as prizes tovictors in the Pan-athenaic festival, havemarked peculiaritiesof their own. Theyare in the form ofamphorae,… … 298 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY. by a cock, an owl, a vase, or the figure of a person.In the field, and alongside of the columns, are to beread the painted inscriptions, one of which records thepurpose of the vase, TflN A0HNH6EN A6AI2N( prize from the contests at Athens*). The other in-scription indicates…

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