Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)

Unknown

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

On the shoulder, hinds legs of an animal to right; lower legs of a human figure to right; part of an inscription, NIKOSTHENES; below, dotted ivy

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