Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna: Achilles Painter, Panathenaic Amphora, from the Arnoaldi Burial Ground, Tomb 110.450-420 BCPanathenaic amphorae are amphorae produced to contain the sacred oil that in ancient Greece was awarded as a prize to the winning athletes of the Panathenaic Games. Produced from the mid-6th century BC (during the period of the Kleitias and Lido ceramists) and decorated with the black-figure technique, these official vases traditionally maintained this type of decoration until the 2nd century BC.Inv. 18040.Detail.
