Club of Herakles
Date3rd century BCE–1st century CE
PeriodHellenistic or early Roman Empire
CultureMediterranean
MediumTerracotta (moldmade)
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874-1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2091
On View
Not on viewHeight: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Width: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Thickness: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 2.5 YR 6/4 (light reddish brown); core 2.5 YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)
Inclusions
many tiny micaceous, some small sand, few voids
late 5th-early 4th c. BCE
6th century BCE
5th-early 4th century BCE
1st century BCE–1st century CE
2nd or 1st century BCE
5th century BCE