Terracotta plate

Unknown

ca. 510 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Amazon carrying dead comrade, with this inscription: Melo is fair. Karone is fair. the boy is fair. The weight of the wounded or dead Amazon is beautifully conveyed by the lowered spears and shield carried by her companion.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 510 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1971