Terracotta fragments of a stemless cup (drinking cup)

Unknown

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, at the bottom left, base and part of shaft of column?; head, shoulders, part of upper torso, and feet of a bearded male to left wearing a tunic with a himation draped over his left shoulder, and a helmet; inscribed, MENEL[AOS]; Exterior, woman to left, wearing a chiton and himation; Boreas and Orithyia; part of an inscription, BOREAS; behind the head of Oriythia, O; On the exterior of the small fragment, arm holding a stick? of a draped figure to left; head and upper torso of a bearded man, with his himation draped around his back and lower body, with a baldric across his torso, and his right arm bent, with his left hand holding a stick or spear; part of a circumscribed palmette

Artist

Unknown

Date

460–450 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