Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Unknown

ca. 430 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Athlete with strigil (scraper) at post The youth holds a strigil, which was used to scrape oil and dirt from the skin after exercise. He stands beside a low column that probably indicates the gymnasium or palaistra where athletes trained.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 430 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906