Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

last quarter of the 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the neck of the amphora, part of the handle and a palmette-lotus chain; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a ring; on the shoulder, a band of tongues; below the handle, top of helmeted head to right (Athena?); behind the helmet, a club, and the top of the head of a male to right (Athena and Herakles in a chariot?)

Artist

Unknown

Date

last quarter of the 6th century 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