Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Not on view
Obverse, goat to right; seated goatherd, wearing a petasos, with his chlamys wrapped around his waist and legs, with his right arm behind him, holding an unidentified object; and his bent left arm in front of him, in between the goat's head and the man's head, four letters of an inscription?; in front of the man's head, three letters of an inscription?; Reverse, draped male to right, with a lyre, facing a goat; below the rim, on both obverse and reverse, dot ivy

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: late 6th/early 5th 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: 2011.604.3.1531
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

More Artwork

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.

Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup) - Greek, Attic - Archaic - The Metropolitan Museum of Art