Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

500–480 BCE

Not on view

Youth to right, with a red fillet tied around his head, with his himation draped over his left shoulder, with a staff held between his right shoulder and upper left arm; his right arm is bent, and his hand is holding the end of the red fillet, holding a lyre in his right hand; part of an inscription; to the left of the youth's head, …EL oe EG…; to the right of the lyre, LEON?; EOS

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Title: Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Period: Archaic
Date: 500–480 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Object Number: 2011.604.2.2333
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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