Editing Amphora (section)

=====Panathenaic prize amphora=====
Another special type is the [[Panathenaic amphora|Panathenaic prize amphora]], with [[black-figure vase painting|black-figure]] decoration, produced exclusively as prize vessels for the [[Panathenaia]] and retaining the black-figure technique for centuries after the introduction of [[red-figure vase painting]]. Some examples bear the inscription "ΤΩΝ ΑΘΗΝΗΘΕΝ ΑΘΛΩΝ" meaning "[I am one] of the prizes from [the goddess] Athena". They contained the prize of oil from the sacred olive tree of the goddess [[Athena]] for the winners of the athletic contests held to honour the goddess, and were evidently kept thereafter, and perhaps used to store wine, before being buried with the prize-winner. They depicted goddess Athena on one side (as seen on the second image on this page) and the athletic event on the other side, e.g. a scene of wrestling or running contest etc.

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File:Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora MET GR147.jpg|[[Panathenaic amphora|Panathenaic prize amphora]] for runners; {{Circa|530 BC}}; terracotta; height: 62.2&nbsp;cm (24{{fraction|1|2}} in.); [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)
File:Hellenistic Glasamphora from Olbia Antikensammlung Berlin 3.jpg|Greek amphora; 2nd half of the 2nd century BC; glass; from [[Olbia]] ([[Corsica and Sardinia|Roman-era Sardinia]]); [[Altes Museum]] (Berlin)
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