Etruscan Terracotta Relief in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Terracotta relief

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 550–525 B.C.

Culture: Etruscan

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (8.6 x 6.7 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912

Accession Number: 12.229.18

Label:

The symmetrical composition of two warriors exchanging armor perhaps represents the Greek heroes Glaukos and Diomedes as depicted in Homer's Iliad (Book VI, 232-236).

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