Fragment of a Kylix with a Man Dragging a Sacrificial Goat in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Wine Cup Fragment with a Man Dragging a Sacrificial Goat
Greek, made in Athens, 510-500 BC
Terracotta
Red-figured kylix fragment attributed to Apollodoros as painter

Inventory # 83.AE.323

An old man drags a goat by the horns during a ritual procession preceding a sacrifice. The purple fillets (ribbons) decorating the goat's horns indicate its sacrificial status. Animals as well as prepared food were common offerings to the gods.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.