Terracotta fragments of a stemless cup (drinking cup)
Interior, at the bottom left, base and part of shaft of column?; head, shoulders, part of upper torso, and feet of a bearded male to left wearing a tunic with a himation draped over his left shoulder, and a helmet; inscribed, MENEL[AOS]; Exterior, woman to left, wearing a chiton and himation; Boreas and Orithyia; part of an inscription, BOREAS; behind the head of Oriythia, O; On the exterior of the small fragment, arm holding a stick? of a draped figure to left; head and upper torso of a bearded man, with his himation draped around his back and lower body, with a baldric across his torso, and his right arm bent, with his left hand holding a stick or spear; part of a circumscribed palmette
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a stemless cup (drinking cup)
- Period: Classical
- Date: 460–450 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: 2011.604.1.7615a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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