Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)

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second quarter of the sixth century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The largest fragment has at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a band of tongues; warrior mounted on a horse to left; the warrior wears a helmet and has a round shield in his left hand a spear in his right; below the belly of the horse, ANTIPHA[TES]?...; below, double ground line; a second fragment has a band of tongues at the juncture of the neck and shoulder; interrupting the tongues, part of the helmet crest of a warrior to left (mounted warrior?) and tip of a spear?; a third fragment has on the top frieze, part of the shield of a mounted warrior to left and part of the belly, back, and hind legs of a horse to left; below the belly of the horse, ANTILOCHOS, retr.; two glazed lines; below, in the second frieze, parts of two confronted roosters; a fourth fragment has on the top frieze, the hoof of a horse?; two glazed lines; below, in the second frieze, part of the hindquarters of a quadruped to right

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the sixth 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