Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

second quarter of the sixth century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

On the neck, part of a palmette-lotus festoon; at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, a red glazed ring; below a band of tongues; on the top frieze, head of a bearded, draped man to right, with his arms bent, holding a staff?; to the left of his head, part of an inscription, OIK[LES]..., retr.; charioteer with his Boeotian shield around his neck, holding the reins of the harnessed horses in his hands; below the reins, is the name of the charioteer, BATON, retr.; draped youth to right wearing a chiton and himation; to the left, the inscription, AMPHILOCHOS, retr.; in the middle, a small, nude youth to right; greaved legs of a warrior to right; in between his legs, part of an inscription, [ALK]MEON; Seven Against Thebes (Amphiaraos is not preserved); two glazed lines; in the frieze below, part of a sphinx to left

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
Period: Archaic
Date: second quarter of the sixth century 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: 2011.604.3.756
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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