Terracotta medallion fragment with Herakles and eagle

Fragment of a reddish-orange terracotta medallion in low relief, its edges broken and irregular. A nude male figure strides across the field beside a bird with spread wings, with fragmentary Latin letters incised near the lower edge and a rocky mound below.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-2nd century CE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3791 × 3792 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917