Sacred Athena

Athena’s libation for Hera and Zeus

Terracotta stamnos (jar), ca. 490 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988.40.

Terracotta stamnos (jar), ca. 490 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988.40.

Caption and print note Use DT5887, the Athena-facing color image. DT5888 depicts the departing warrior on the reverse. Preserve “attributed to the Berlin Painter.” Visible repairs and a warm, slightly hazy older photograph remain.

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