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Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment

Date

about 480–470 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Part of the shoulder and body of side A. Exterior, head and upper body of a young warrior facing left. His right arm is extended, his torso bared in three-quarter view. He wears a crested helmet with the cheekpiece raised to reveal a serpent on the inner face. A himation is draped over his right arm. In his left hand he holds a spear, and he carries a round shield on his left arm (device: eagle to left, with a serpent in its beak). Interior, glazed at the shoulder, otherwise undecorated. Adapted from Neer, R., CVA Malibu 7 (1997).

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