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Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Not on view
On the neck of the amphora, part of the handle and a palmette-lotus chain; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a ring; on the shoulder, a band of tongues; below the handle, top of helmeted head to right (Athena?); behind the helmet, a club, and the top of the head of a male to right (Athena and Herakles in a chariot?)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: last quarter of the 6th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: 4 1/8 × 6 5/8 × 5 in. (10.5 × 16.8 × 12.7 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.3.188
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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