Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

520–510 BCE

Not on view

Exterior, left pectoral muscle, testicles, bit of right thigh, and left leg with greave, of warrior to right, with spear in right hand, and Boeotian shield in left; helmeted warrior to left, with spear in right hand and pelta in left, wearing greaves; helmeted warrior to right, with shield in left hand; below lip, part of an inscription [M]EMNON K[ALOS]; a second rim fragment depicts a left hand and unidentified subject; head, in profile to left, and frontal torso and left buttock of wreathed youth holding a diskos in his left hand; two letters of an inscription, MN; a third rim fragment fragment has part of a spear?

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Title: Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Period: Archaic
Date: 520–510 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Object Number: 2011.604.1.4929a–c
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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