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IOO CATALOGUE OF VASES.
chiton with folds indicating rapid movement,, patterns of stars and spiral border
down front, aegis with scale-pattern and snake-border on front and back, 1. foot
raised, on 1. arm a bracelet ; helmet decorated with border of maeander, and
palmette over the ear; shield with device of a wheel in white (of the same type
as those of the bigae in B 131-2); inscribed : EV(DIVETO$; KAVOJ ■ Ev<j>C\.r]TO<;
tca\6s (cf. B 316). Inscription in usual place : TONA0ENE0ENA0VON.
(&) Four athletes, nude and bearded, engaged in the pentathlon, moving
to r. ; on the 1. is one with arms raised, holding halteres painted white, about to
leap ; the next is about to hurl a spear which he holds by the amentum, his 1.
hand raised ; next, a diskobolos, with diskos painted white in r. hand, I. hand
raised; lastly, another figure with 1. hand raised, holding by the amentum in
r. hand a spear pointed downwards. [Cf. Arch. Zeit. 1881, pi. 9.]
B 135. PANATHENAIC AMPHORA. - Ht. 24J in. Cameiros, 1863. Designs on red panels
as last.
(a) Athene^ to 1., in attitude as before, between two Ionic columns, the
volutes rudely indicated ; tresses over shoulders, and curls in front; she wears a
chiton with purple stars, the folds indicated, aegis with scale-pattern and snake-
border, bracelet on r. arm, helmet with high crest; on shield, device of three
human legs, or triqnetra. On each column is a cock turned towards Athene.
(b) Chariot-race: A quadriga to r.; the charioteer, bearded, stands leaning
forward with reins in both hands and goad in 1.; he wears a long white chiton
with black girdle.
B 136. PANATHENAIC AMPHORA. Ht. 2 ft. 1 in. 1852. Designs on red panels as
before.
{a) Athene to 1., as before, between two Doric columns, each surmounted
by a cock; attitude as before ; long chiton embroidered with stars, folds
indicated ; aegis with snake-border on front only, lofty helmet, on shield device
of forepart of bull to 1. Inscribed : TONA0ENE0ENA0VON.
(a) Diskobolos, nude and bearded, to r., holding the diskos in 1. hand
behind his head (cf. the early sepulchral slab at Athens, Murray, Hist. Gk.
Scidpture'1, vol. i. p. 138), r. hand outstretched behind. Behind him is a brabeus,
to r., bearded, wearing a himation, in r. hand a wand. In front is another
athlete, nude and bearded, departing and looking back, with 1. hand raised.
B 137. PANATHENAIC AMPHORA. Old No. 501. Ht. 14$ in. From Magna Graecia.
Durand Coll. 675. Krause, Gymnastik, pi. vii. 14. Designs on red panels as before; the white
much faded.
(a) Athene to 1. between two Doric columns, as before, with upper chiton
reaching below the knees and having a broad diapered border, aegis with
snake-border on front only ; lofty helmet, and shield with device of snake to 1.
(b) Foot-race: Four nude runners running to r. ; the two foremost are
bearded.
chiton with folds indicating rapid movement,, patterns of stars and spiral border
down front, aegis with scale-pattern and snake-border on front and back, 1. foot
raised, on 1. arm a bracelet ; helmet decorated with border of maeander, and
palmette over the ear; shield with device of a wheel in white (of the same type
as those of the bigae in B 131-2); inscribed : EV(DIVETO$; KAVOJ ■ Ev<j>C\.r]TO<;
tca\6s (cf. B 316). Inscription in usual place : TONA0ENE0ENA0VON.
(&) Four athletes, nude and bearded, engaged in the pentathlon, moving
to r. ; on the 1. is one with arms raised, holding halteres painted white, about to
leap ; the next is about to hurl a spear which he holds by the amentum, his 1.
hand raised ; next, a diskobolos, with diskos painted white in r. hand, I. hand
raised; lastly, another figure with 1. hand raised, holding by the amentum in
r. hand a spear pointed downwards. [Cf. Arch. Zeit. 1881, pi. 9.]
B 135. PANATHENAIC AMPHORA. - Ht. 24J in. Cameiros, 1863. Designs on red panels
as last.
(a) Athene^ to 1., in attitude as before, between two Ionic columns, the
volutes rudely indicated ; tresses over shoulders, and curls in front; she wears a
chiton with purple stars, the folds indicated, aegis with scale-pattern and snake-
border, bracelet on r. arm, helmet with high crest; on shield, device of three
human legs, or triqnetra. On each column is a cock turned towards Athene.
(b) Chariot-race: A quadriga to r.; the charioteer, bearded, stands leaning
forward with reins in both hands and goad in 1.; he wears a long white chiton
with black girdle.
B 136. PANATHENAIC AMPHORA. Ht. 2 ft. 1 in. 1852. Designs on red panels as
before.
{a) Athene to 1., as before, between two Doric columns, each surmounted
by a cock; attitude as before ; long chiton embroidered with stars, folds
indicated ; aegis with snake-border on front only, lofty helmet, on shield device
of forepart of bull to 1. Inscribed : TONA0ENE0ENA0VON.
(a) Diskobolos, nude and bearded, to r., holding the diskos in 1. hand
behind his head (cf. the early sepulchral slab at Athens, Murray, Hist. Gk.
Scidpture'1, vol. i. p. 138), r. hand outstretched behind. Behind him is a brabeus,
to r., bearded, wearing a himation, in r. hand a wand. In front is another
athlete, nude and bearded, departing and looking back, with 1. hand raised.
B 137. PANATHENAIC AMPHORA. Old No. 501. Ht. 14$ in. From Magna Graecia.
Durand Coll. 675. Krause, Gymnastik, pi. vii. 14. Designs on red panels as before; the white
much faded.
(a) Athene to 1. between two Doric columns, as before, with upper chiton
reaching below the knees and having a broad diapered border, aegis with
snake-border on front only ; lofty helmet, and shield with device of snake to 1.
(b) Foot-race: Four nude runners running to r. ; the two foremost are
bearded.