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Panathenaic Amphora (storage jar)
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Side A: only columns and cock remaining. Side B: foot-race; three youths race left. Restored from fragments.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Panathenaic Amphora (storage jar)
Description:
Side A: only columns and cock remaining.
Side B: foot-race; three youths race left.
Restored from fragments.
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