Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

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

On the neck, part of a palmette-lotus festoon; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a red glazed ring; below a band of tongues; on the top frieze, head of a bearded, draped man to right, with his arms bent, holding a staff?; to the left of his head, part of an inscription, OIK[LES]..., retr.; charioteer with his Boeotian shield around his neck, holding the reins of the harnessed horses in his hands; below the reins, is the name of the charioteer, BATON, retr.; draped youth to right wearing a chiton and himation; to the left, the inscription, AMPHILOCHOS, retr.; in the middle, a small, nude youth to right; greaved legs of a warrior to right; in between his legs, part of an inscription, [ALK]MEON; Seven Against Thebes (Amphiaraos is not preserved); two glazed lines; in the frieze below, part of a sphinx to left

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