This is characteristic of small-scale copies, likely produced for the trade and as commemorative souvenirs. On each amphora, one side depicts Athena Promachos ('foremost in battle') standing between two Doric columns surmounted by cocks – 'symbols of the fighting spirit', as noted by Beazley (Development of the Attic Black-figure, 1951, p. 84). The device on her round shield differs between the two vessels: on one, Pegasus; on the other, a rearing lion. The reverse presents different athletic events. One shows a pentathlon scene, with an acontist throwing his spear to the left, a discus-thrower to the right, and a flute player, dressed in a long white chiton with a simple battlement design, to the left. The other depicts a bearded charioteer, clad in a long white chiton, driving a quadriga at full gallop to right. The chariot race was one of the most prestigious contests of the Panathenaea. In the field of both scenes, nonsense inscriptions. On both vessels, a mirrored palmette chain without incision between the handles. Black tongues at the shoulder. Rays at the base. Much of the original added white and red colour preserved. Underside of foot with an incised mark: a single letter, perhaps a lambda, gamma, or ypsilon. Both reassembled from fragments. Toned plaster along the cracks.