Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Unknown

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

At the top, a band of tongues, alternating with red and black; below, wreathed, bearded man to right, wearing a himation, holding two branches in his left hand; wreathed youth to right, wearing a himation, with a neck-amphora on his left shoulder, which he is grasping by the handle with his right hand; bearded man to right, wearing a short tunic?, holding branches in both hands, and in his left, a goat by the tether; bearded man to right, wearing a short tunic?, holding three branches in his right hand, and a kanoun in the left; framing the figures, palmette and lotus ornament; below, a band of upright lotus buds; framed by two black glazed lines at the top and bottom; rays

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