Who Created the Amphora

The amphora was made by the Euphiletos Painter in 530 BC near the end of the Archaic Period of Greece. It was discovered in Attica. Made out of terracotta, the amphora has a height of 24.5 inches (62.2 cm).

Why were amphora shaped the way they were?

Most liquid containers, such as barrels, are flat in the bottom and thus easy to store and pile up. However, some ancient amphoras were pointwise in the bottom arguably making them less easy to store. Why was that so? Something that tall and narrow wouldn’t be that stable even if it had a flat bottom.

What message was written on the side of every Panathenaic prize amphora?

These amphorae had a special form with narrow neck and foot and a standard fashion of decoration. One side showed Athena, the goddess of war, armed and striding forth between columns, and included the inscription “from the games at Athens.” The other side showed the event for which the vase was a prize.