Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

520–510 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, part of line border of tondo; Exterior, greaved calf and foot of warrior to left; left shoulder, right buttock, and greaved legs of warrior, holding a round shield in his left hand, and a spear in his right; helmeted warrior, with head looking over left shoulder, and extended right arm holding a spear, and a round shield in his left hand; two helmeted warriors looking over their left shoulders, with greaves, holding spears in their right hands, and shields in their left hands; left greaved calf and foot of a warrior to left; two parts of an inscription, reading from left to right, starting below the right hand of the warrior on the far right, HO P[AIS [K]ALO[S]; starting below the round shield of the warrior on the far right, reading from right to left, K[A]LOS; a second fragment has the handle root and one letter of an inscription, A; a third fragment has part of the handle patch

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