Object Image

Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)

Lower part of a pteryges and part of the thighs of a warrior to left, with a scabbard

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

550-540 B.C.
Terracotta; black-figure
2011.604.3.164
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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