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Prometheus tied up with arms outstretched and eagle pecking at his chest; below Hercules armed with bow and arrow, and wearing lionskin: in field: HERCU LES. The medallion was applied to a vessel as decoration.
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Title: Terracotta medallion fragment
Period: Mid Imperial
Date: mid-2nd century CE
Culture: Roman, Gallic
Medium: Terracotta; red slip ware
Dimensions: 2 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1/4 in. (7 × 4.2 × 0.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.2139
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