Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar)

Unknown

500–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, Helmeted Athena, wearing her aegis, holding a round shield with a horse as a shield device over her left arm, and an oinochoe in her right hand, getting ready to pour a libation for Herakles; Herakles is at the left, and is wearing his lion skin over his chitoniskos; his right hand holds a phiale, and his left, holds his club?; to the right of Athena, is the head and upper torso of Hermes, whose right hand is raised; he wears a petasos and a chlamys; at the shoulder, a band of tongues; the panel ornament is a chain of pomegranates; Reverse; part of the band tongues from the shoulder and the right hand corner of the panel ornament (chain of pomegranates) is preserved; one handle is intact

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–480 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