Detail of a Terracotta Pelike Attributed to the Altamura Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011

Terracotta pelike (jar)

Attributed to the Altamura Painter

Period: Classical Date: ca. 470 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: H. 16 3/4 in. (42.6 cm); diameter of mouth 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); diameter of foot 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956

Accession Number: 56.171.44

Description:

Obverse and reverse, libation at the departure of a young warrior

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