Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

520–510 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Exterior, left pectoral muscle, testicles, bit of right thigh, and left leg with greave, of warrior to right, with spear in right hand, and Boeotian shield in left; helmeted warrior to left, with spear in right hand and pelta in left, wearing greaves; helmeted warrior to right, with shield in left hand; below lip, part of an inscription [M]EMNON K[ALOS]; a second rim fragment depicts a left hand and unidentified subject; head, in profile to left, and frontal torso and left buttock of wreathed youth holding a diskos in his left hand; two letters of an inscription, MN; a third rim fragment fragment has part of a spear?

Artist

Unknown

Date

520–510 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011