Image: Terracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar) MET DP161828 white balanced white bg
Description: Attic Greek Black-figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Princeton Painter, ca. 550–540 BCE depicting an elderly king or man seated between two men and two women. The original image was uploaded by user:Pharos from the Metropolitan Museum of Art public domain image collection online. It is published with the following description: Obverse, Athena at altar, flautist, and woman; Reverse, seated man between 2 men and 2 women. This vase is of considerable importance, for although it is not an official prize amphora, the decoration on the obverse refers to numerous aspects of the Panathenaic festival. The image of Athena in the center is that of Athena Polias, the goddess of the Akropolis who invariably occupies the obverse of the Panathenai
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