Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)

Unknown

510–500 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar) — Unknown

Band of upright circumscribed palmettes and lotuses; below, head, neck, right shoulder, and extended right arm of a wreathed, bearded man to right (deity?), wearing a himation; fingers of the right hand of a male to left, grasping an unidentified object; part of a spear?

Artist
Unknown
Date
510–500 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

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