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Terracotta head of a young man. Greek, Tarentine, 4th Century BCE.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tarentine female head (terracotta, c. 4th century BC)

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Statue of a seated poet (Orpheus?)

Greek (from Tarentum), Early Hellenistic Period, 330-300 B.C.

terracotta with white slip of calcium carbonate and polychromy

Getty Museum

Terracotta fragment with the upper body of a bearded man (via The Met)

4th century BCE

Greek, South Italian, Tarentine

“The figure of whom this is a fragment probably represented a reclining banqueter. It is impossible to say whether he is a mortal or a god, specifically Dionysos. Of particular interest is the position of his head. Banqueters virtually always recline with their bodies to their right and often look in the same direction. The position of the head here suggests the presence of a figure to his left or the effect of the wine.”

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~ Terracotta painted gorgoneion antefix (roof tile). Period: Archaic Date: ca. 540 B.C. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine Medium: Terracotta, paint; mold-made

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