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Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
Part of the thigh, knee, and calf of a warrior wearing a chiton with a patterned border, whose left hand is grasping the top of the helmet of the falling Amazon, who wears a high crested helmet, a corselet, and a chitoniskos with a red skirt, and a patterned border; her round shield, which is over her left arm, is seen in profile to left; behind the falling Amazon, is a second Amazon who wears a corselet, greaves, and chitoniskos with a patterned skirt (Achilles and Penthesilea?)
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 540–530 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.3.183
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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