Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

Greek, Attic

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

Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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