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Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment

Date

about 490–480 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Reconstructed from many fragments, 85.AE.467.1 preserves the majority of the cup. Interior, tondo: warrior, to right, putting on a greave; lower legs and feet preserved. Lying on the ground is a round shield seen in profile emblazoned with a bull's head and decorated with a row of dots near the rim. The figure’s left foot is slightly raised to attach the greave, its edge just overlaps the shield. Tondo border of stopped-meander pattern with saltire squares. Exterior: two groups of three warriors in combat. At the far left on one side is the lower left leg and foot of a warrior who has fallen backward. Then comes a warrior striding to right toward another who has fallen. On his left arm, the attacker holds out a round shield seen from the inside and grips a sword in his right hand (now missing). The end of the scabbard appears just to the left of his right thigh. A small floating fragment, joined by plaster to the main fragment, preserves most of his head, protected by a low-crested helmet with the cheekpieces turned up. His opponent is similarly armed, except that he has a spear in his right hand instead of a sword. The device on his shield is a horse galloping to left. On the other side, parts of three warriors are preserved. The first strides to right holding out a round shield seen from the inside on his left arm and a sword in his right hand (now missing). Just the blade of the weapon remains. He wears a low-crested helmet with the cheekpieces turned up; at his left side a scabbard is suspended from a baldric over his right shoulder. His opponent has fallen backward to right. He has a helmet similar to that of his attacker, but he wears a short pleated chiton and greaves. He holds a spear in his raised right hand, and on his left arm is a round shield emblazoned with a scorpion. A third warrior comes to the rescue, a bit of one leg preserved. He is armed with a spear and a round shield with a tripod as its device.

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