Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

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

From the shoulder frieze of a neck-amphora, head of a fallen, helmeted warrior on the ground face down; round shield; lower torso, right buttock, thigh, and left leg of a warrior to right, with a round shield and a quiver?; lower torso, genitals, and legs of a warrior to right; two round shields with white dots; two thin black glaze lines divide the shoulder frieze and the body of the neck-amphora; below, at the left, a helmet crest; tail?; at the far right, helmet crest interrupting the double ground line at the juncture of the shoulder and body of the neck-amphora

Artist

Unknown

Date

third 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