Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)

Unknown

540–530 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Part of the thigh, knee, and calf of a warrior wearing a chiton with a patterned border, whose left hand is grasping the top of the helmet of the falling Amazon, who wears a high crested helmet, a corselet, and a chitoniskos with a red skirt, and a patterned border; her round shield, which is over her left arm, is seen in profile to left; behind the falling Amazon, is a second Amazon who wears a corselet, greaves, and chitoniskos with a patterned skirt (Achilles and Penthesilea?)

Artist

Unknown

Date

540–530 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